Saving .mat file in folder created by Matlab Compiler Runtime

Hello.

One of my users would like a configuration file (a .mat file) to be saved in one of the subfolders (Windows) created when the MCR is installed. In Program Files, a folder is created for the application with a number of subfolders. However, it doesn't seem that you can write there. If I simply save the 'config.mat' file, it goes to the Desktop.

Suggestions Welcome! Thank you.

Doug Anderson

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

See ctfroot . You can use that as the directory name to save the .mat relative to.

[Douglas Anderson]

Thanks Walter! I get 'permission denied', though. Is there a subfolder of the ctfroot that is write-permissible?

[Walter Roberson]

I do not know. I see a hint that save should "just work" provided you have not changed directories; see the savepath discussion in http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2008/08/11/path-management-in-deployed-applications/

I have never had the Compiler to play with myself.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Windows does not allow you to save anything to certain subfolders, such as any under Program Files. Choose another one, such as under c:\users\public\documents, or c:\programdata.

[Douglas Anderson]

Thank you.

For future reference:

A colleague recommended a new folder under c:\users\UserID\AppData\Local, and this seems to work.

Thanks!

Doug

[Image Analyst]

Yes, that will work. But strangely c:\users won't work. it has to be at least one level deeper than that. You're welcome. I just put mine in "public" because I put mine on lab computers where different people could come and login and I want my settings files located in just one place.