List of Microsoft Windows-only functions

We are in the process of porting our Matlab-based software from Windows to OSX and occasionally we have to write work-arounds for functions that only exist for Windows. Does anyone know if there is a full list of the functions that are specific to a single OS? Or, if you know of any functions specific to a single OS, or that have some functionality that is restricted, would you care to list them.

Here are a few that I know of that are Windows only:

• print('-d format ',...) (Windows-only)
• memory (Windows-only)

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

The following is probably not complete.

activex, COM methods

notebook()

print -dmeta, print -dbitmap

differences in print() without a display

uigetdir() has New Folder button

verctrl()

wavplay()

winopen()

xlsread() and xlswrite() except in -basic mode

some feature() commands

some video and audio codecs

differences in the command line startup options

robotics support packages

Kinect support

Data Acquisition Toolbox

differences in Image Acquisition support

HDL Coder, HDL Verifier (available on Linux though)

MATLAB Builder EX, MATLAB Builder NE

Model Based Calibration

Polyspace (all parts)

RTW

Simulink Code Inspector (available on Linux though)

Simulink PLC Coder

Spreadsheet Link EX

Trading Toolbox

Vehicle Networking

xPC (all parts)

[Tyler Cumby]

Thanks for the large contribution! I'll keep adding as I find more.