can i run a .m file from my visual basic application (not excel)

i have a vb application and would like to run a .m script file from the application itself. how can i do this or is it even possible. somehow i have to i think include a reference to matlab a a vb reference. thank you

david

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

On a computer that has matlab installed (and licensed), it's easy to call matlab functions from VB. See Matlab API for COM (COM is what you'll be using to talk to matlab) and in particular, the example Call Matlab function from VB.Net client.

[david edwards jr]

i can create the mathlab object. i have a file x.m in a directory. i need to run this file from vba.

david

[david edwards jr]

got it!!! i can run matlab from vba! thank you

david