MATLAB: Help Solve Reset Listbox Error

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I have a script that resets two secondary listboxes depending on the value selected from the primary listbox.
Here is a code snippet:
% --- Executes on selection change in toplistbox.
function toplistbox_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles,output_index)
% hObject    handle to toplistbox (see GCBO)
% eventdata  reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles    structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)
% Hints: contents = cellstr(get(hObject,'String')) returns toplistbox contents as cell array
%        contents{get(hObject,'Value')} returns selected item from toplistbox
set(handles.Answer,'String',' ');
calculation=get(hObject,'value');
handles.top_index=calculation;
if(calculation==1)  % natural frequency
    clear string;
    set(handles.left_text,'String','Mass');
    string{1}='lbm';
    string{2}='lbf sec^2/in';
    string{3}='kg';
    set(handles.leftlistbox,'String',string)
      set(handles.right_text,'String','Stiffness');
      clear string;
      string{1}='lbf/in';
      string{2}='lbf/ft';
      string{3}='N/m';
      string{4}='N/mm';
      set(handles.rightlistbox,'String',string)
end
if(calculation==2)  % mass
    set(handles.left_text,'String','Natural Frequency');
    clear string;
    string{1}='Hz';
    string{2}='rad/sec';
    set(handles.leftlistbox,'String',string)  
      set(handles.right_text,'String','Stiffness');
      clear string;
      string{1}='lbf/in';
      string{2}='lbf/ft';
      string{3}='N/m';
      string{4}='N/mm';
      set(handles.rightlistbox,'String',string)
  end
  if(calculation==3)  % stiffness
      set(handles.left_text,'String','Natural Frequency');
      clear string;
      string{1}='Hz';
      string{2}='rad/sec';
      set(handles.leftlistbox,'String',string) 
      set(handles.right_text,'String','Mass');
      clear string;
      string{1}='lbm';
      string{2}='lbf sec^2/in';
      string{3}='kg';
      set(handles.rightlistbox,'String',string)
  end    
handles.toplistbox = get(hObject,'value');
guidata(hObject, handles);
  • * *The script runs perfectly fine if I run it and exercise various permutations of options a dozen or so times within the run. But eventually, I get an error message such as:
Error using handle.handle/set Invalid or deleted object.
Error in sdof_fn>toplistbox_Callback (line 162) set(handles.leftlistbox,'String',string)
So after a number of times, the leftlistbox becomes invalid. Please help. The full script and figure is available at:
www.vibrationdata.com/matlab2/sdof_fn.zip
Thank you, Tom Irvine

Best Answer

Thank you Image Analyst.
I found the error. I was inadvertently deleting the secondary listboxes in other Callback functions due to a programmer inexperience/nuance.
Thank you, Tom
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