How can I solve "Invalid object handle" error when trying to open a .fig?

When I try to open a figure using open('my_figure.fig'),  I have this error message:

What are some likely issues?

The figure was saved using

 saveas(gcf,'my_figure.fig', 'fig')

in a Matlab script that was run from the Linux shell:

 matlab -nodesktop -r "run my_script; exit;"

Here is the figure I'm trying to open: http://francky.me/misc/my_figure.fig

Thanks, F

[David Sanchez]

Can you open the figure somehow? I downloaded it and could not open it, which could mean the file is damaged.

[Franck Dernoncourt]

Thanks, I cannot open the figure, but I don't think the issue is specific to the file like some damage as the issue occurs for all my figures in the script, and I did several runs. I added a few more details on how the figure was saved: maybe I cannot use saveas(gcf,'my_figure.fig', 'fig') when launching through matlab -nodesktop ?

Answer 1

[David Sanchez]

Try doing it with a figure handle:

h = figure; 
plot(1:4,5:8)
saveas(h,'my_fig.fig')

Answer 2

[Jan]

You need to call the M-file to open a GUI, while opening a GUI just by opening the FIG file creates such errors, because the OpeningFcn or CreateFcn did not run (as far as I know, but I'm not using GUIDE for exactly such reasons).