MATLAB: Do I receive an “Invalid field name” error message when trying to open the figure file in MATLAB 7.0 (R14)

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I am saving my figure to a directory whose name contains extended ASCII characters, like the following one:
'D:\MATLAB7\work\testä'
I can successfully save a figure file to this directory. Then I want to use the OPEN function to load the figure and I get the following error message:
 ??? Error using ==> open
 Invalid field name: 'OpenFig_gifdeltitnuätsetkrow407'.

Best Answer

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 3 (R14SP3). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:
There is a bug in MATLAB 7.0 (R14) in the way that the OPEN function handles directories containing extended ASCII characters in its name.
To work around this issue, do not use extended ASCII characters for directory names. In general, you should avoid using extended ASCII characters for file names.
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