MATLAB: How to programmatically close modal figure

Question

Hello,

I have set WindowStyle as modal for waitbar since I wan't to disable the main figure untill the waitbar is Finished. But I am unable to close waitbar, matlab hangs. How can I programmatically close the modal figure?

Thank you.

Answer 1

I found the solution.

Just before closing figure, set the window style to normal.

h=waitbar(0,'Please wait...','WindowStyle','modal');

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set(h,'WindowStyle','normal');

close(h);