Why am I unable to load a previously saved .FIG-file in MATLAB 7.10 (R2010a)?

I am trying to open a figure I have previously saved as a .FIG-file. When I try to open it I receive the following error:

 ??? Error using ==> get

 There is no 'WindowStyle' property in the 'surfaceplot' class.

 Error in ==> openfig at 108

     if ~(strcmpi(get(fig(n), 'WindowStyle'), 'docked'))

What can I do to open the figure correctly?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

You can receive this error message when the .FIG-file was saved using HGSAVE on a handle object that is not the figure itself. Please use HGSAVE on figure handles to save a figure that can be loaded with OPENFIG or by double-clicking the .FIG-file.

You can recover the data in the problematic file by using HGLOAD:

hgload('figurefile.fig')

hgsave(gcf, 'figurefile_new.fig')