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+% Class that provides basic functionality for handling App-based GUIs
+
+classdef MyGuiCont < handle
+    
+    properties (Access = public)
+        
+        % GUI object that is stored for reference only
+        Gui
+        
+        % Name of the GUI class that can be used with the instrument
+        gui_name  char 
+    end
+    
+    methods (Access = public)
+        function createGui(this)
+            assert(~isempty(this.gui_name), ['GUI name is not ' ...
+                'specified for the instrument class ' class(this)]);
+            
+            if isempty(this.Gui) || ~isvalid(this.Gui)
+                this.Gui = feval(this.gui_name, this);
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
+