Error involving 2018a xlsread

I just updated to the new Matlab 2018a and now my xlsread function does not work and this is the error I am receiving. I have two sheets in the Data.xlsx file and want to pull the data from the code given but it gives the shown.

Error using xlsread (line 260) Error registering event(s), Invalid ConnectionPointContainer

Error in lab5 (line 8) drag = xlsread('Data.xlsx',1,'d25:d122');

[Guillaume]

Can you:

• type dbstop if caught error in the command line
• try your xlsread again
• tell us on which line of which file it breaks in the debugger

Since dbstop if caught error can get annoying very quickly, to return to normal operation, type

dbclear if caught error

afterward.

[David Frew]

it shows an error at line 18 of matlab.io.internal.getExcelInstance, called from line 196 of xlsread

[Guillaume]

What happens if you execute these two lines:

excel = actxserver('Excel.Application');
version = get(excel, 'Version');

[David Frew]

should I copy this directly into the script? or put the file name into it?

[Walter Roberson]

You can do those at the command line. They are steps for debugging purposes.