function vm=getviewmode
%GETVIEWMODE  Return the current view mode.
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%       MODE = GETVIEWMODE
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%       getviewmode returns the UserData of the checked-on view menu item
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%       See also: SHOWIMAGE 
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%       Claudio  May 16 1995
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% Copyright (c) 1995 by Claudio Rivetti and Mark Young
% claudio@alice.uoregon.edu,    mark@alice.uoregon.edu
%

global Handlefig

mnb=findobj(finduimenu(Handlefig), 'label', 'View ');
ch=get(mnb, 'children');
ck=findobj(ch, 'checked', 'on');         
vm=get(ck, 'UserData');

return