External Interfaces

COM and DDE Support (Windows Only)

Component Object Model, or COM, is a set of object-oriented technologies and tools which allows software developers to integrate application-specific components from different vendors into their own application solution. COM support in MATLAB, available only on the Microsoft Windows platform, enables you to interact with contained controls or server processes, or to configure MATLAB as a computational server controlled by your client application programs.
Dynamic Data Exchange, or DDE, is a feature of Microsoft Windows which allows two programs to share data or send commands directly to each other. MATLAB provides functions that use this data exchange to enable access between MATLAB and other Windows applications in a wide range of contexts.

Introducing MATLAB COM Integration	COM Concepts and an overview of COM support in MATLAB
MATLAB COM Client Support	How to create COM objects and use properties, methods, and events
Additional COM Client Information	COM collections, converting data from MATLAB to COM, and using MATLAB as a DCOM server client
MATLAB Automation Server Support	Using MATLAB as a COM automation server
Additional Automation Server Information	Starting the MATLAB server, shared and dedicated servers, using MATLAB as a DCOM server
Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)	DDE concepts, using MATLAB as a client or a server, DDE advisory links

Running the phonebook Program Introducing MATLAB COM Integration