In the button callback
% Get edit text
edit1String = get(handles.edit1, 'string');
% Display it on a static text label
set(handles.staticText, 'String', edit1String);
You might look at this framework that demonstrates all that for you. http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24224 You just replace the simple functions with your own code. It has all the essential things like scroll bars, push buttons, radio buttons, etc. and when you click on them they do simple things like display text saying that you clicked on them. You replace that code with useful code that does something you want.
