Creating a standalone windows application file

Hi experts,

Anyone knows if there is an automated approach through Matlab command line to build a Windows Standalone Application (.exe file) from a Matalb script (.m file)?

Any help is apreciated! Ali

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You cannot build a standalone from a MATLAB script file. You need to use a function file instead.

[Ali]

Thanks Walter for your answer. I know I can create a .exe file manually from a .m file.

What do you mean by function file?

[Walter Roberson]

The .m file must have "function" as the first word of its first non-blank non-comment line.

Once you have that, use mbuild

http://www.mathworks.com/help/toolbox/compiler/mbuild.html

[Ali]

Ok thanks alot for your answer!

[Kaustubha Govind]

Actually, the command would be "mcc -m myfunction.m".

[Walter Roberson]

Ah, I see now, mcc and deploytool are considered replacements for mbuild.

[Ali]

That's great! it's working perfect. Another thing, is there possibility to produce executable for Linux environments too instead of .exe? some sort of binary I mean?

[Aurelien Queffurust]

Yes it is possible , you need to execute the mcc command under Linux on a computer which have the MATLAB Compiler installed.