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From: Todd Welti on 23 Jul 2010 20:43
"Benjamin Lewis" <blewremoveis(a)remove.email.arizona.edu> wrote in message <hujgec$l0p$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Pekka Kumpulainen" <pekka.nospam.kumpulainen(a)tut.please.fi> wrote in message <huimks$4bp$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> > "Benjamin Lewis" <blewis(a)email.arizona.edu> wrote in message <huhja7$gs5$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> > > I'm trying to copy a figure that's been created by a GUI to the clipboard using print -dmeta. However, whenever I do this, the GUI gets copied to the clipboard instead. For example, if I do:
> > >
> > > figure(1)
> > > print -dmeta
> > >
> > > I'd expect to get figure one on the clipboard. But I don't. if I gcf, it shows up as 1. Interestingly enough, if I use print -dbitmap, gcf gets changed to the figure handle of the gui, (also, this handle seems to be a non-integer...), and the wrong figure gets copied. Ideas? Is this a bug?
> > >
> > > I'm on r2009b for reference.
> >
> > print(1,'-dmeta')
> > will print figure 1
>
> Sure, and that's what I ended up doing, but it's less convenient, and I'd still like to get print -dmeta working the way it's supposed to....

I'm having the same problem, and in my case can't specify beforehand which figure to print (the user selects it). I dont know why:

print(1,'-dmeta')

would work and,

print(gcf,'-dmeta')

would not work when gcf=1. This is what I'm experiencing.
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