How do I make an app that opens another app that displays the current date and time

I need to create an app that once the button is clicked will open another app that displays the date and time

Answer 1

[Benjamin Kraus]

When you say "app", are you talking about App Designer?

Regardless, most apps (either programmatic or created with App Designer) have a single function you can call to create an instance of that app. All you need to do is set up a callback on the button in one app to call that command for another app.

Or is your question about how to get an app to display the current date and time?

[Andrew Cuaki]

thanks for taking the time to respond. yes i am talking about appdesigner, i want to create an app that once the button on the app is pressed it opens another window that displays "your log-in time is: 'date and time' "

[Benjamin Kraus]

Are you asking:

1. How do I create an app that shows the date and time?
2. How do I get the current date and time?
3. How do I open one app from another app?

If your goal is to show a simple dialog confirming that the user of your app logged-in, then you probably want something like uiconfirm or uialert.

As for the current date and time, check out datetime (if you call it with no inputs, it gives the current date and time).

[Andrew Cuaki]

i am asking for #1

[Benjamin Kraus]

Does it need to be an app, or does uiconfirm do what you need?

fig = uifigure;
uiconfirm(fig,"Your log-in time is: " + string(datetime),'Logged-In', ...
    'Options',{'OK'},'Icon','success');