MATLAB: How do you open a .xlsx file in excel from matlab.

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I am trying to open up a .xlsx file from matlab, and have it open in excel. Right now I am using the command open(filename). This will open the .xlsx in matlab, but i want it opened in excel. The command opentxt(filename) is nice, because it will open a .txt file in notepad. I am looking for something like that for .xls/.xlsx files in excel.

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winopen('yourfile.xls')

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You can rename an Excel sheet using the "Name" property of a sheet object. For example the following renames the first sheet of an Excel file:

filename = 'C:\SomeExcelFile.xls';
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Excel = actxserver('Excel.Application');
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Excel.Visible=1;
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Workbook = Excel.Workbooks.Open(filename);
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% Rename the first sheet
Sheets.Item(1).Name = 'This is sheet 1';

The following code then saves the Workbook, quits Excel and removes the COM server:

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% Quit Excel, remove the COM server and delete the related objects
Excel.Quit();
Excel.delete();
clear Excel;
clear Workbook;
clear Sheets;

MATLAB: Moving excel sheets within excel file

I think you'll have to use ActiveX to copy the sheet, then delete the sheet, then insert a new sheet with the desired sheet number. Search this forum for ActiveX.

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