Colorbar cannot be added to another colorbar.

I have a GUI with several contour maps and colorbars related to these contour maps. I would like to choose and change the data for the contour map via popup in the GUI, which works well with the contour maps. If I want to change the colorbar I get the message: "Colorbar cannot be added to another colorbar."

Code:('contents' is the parameter chosen in the popup menu)

   switch contents
          case 1
          contourf(handles.axes1,handles.qx,handles.qy,handles.dataset1);
          colorbar(handles.axes2);
          case 2     
          contourf(handles.axes1,handles.qx,handles.qy,handles.dataset2);
          colorbar(handles.axes2);
      end

I tried "cla" or "colorbar('delete')" at the beginning of the cases, but no success. How can I replace the colorbar?

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Maybe try the delete option before you call it:

colorbar('delete');
colorbar(handles.axes2);

[Stefanie]

The first colorbar is always plotted. Only if I try to write a new colorbar (new: based on new data from the contour plot), then the error appears. btw. the error refers to the following:

    Error using colorbarv6 (line 214)
    Colorbar cannot be added to another colorbar.

Besides this there is a warning:

Warning: The 'v6' argument to COLORBAR is deprecated, and will no longer be supported in a future release. 
> In colorbar at 71
  In closereq at 24

Maybe this can help to find the solution...