External Interfaces |
The Engine Library
The engine library contains the following routines for controlling the MATLAB computation engine. Their names all begin with the three-letter prefix eng
. These tables list all the available engine functions and their purposes.
Function |
Purpose |
engOpen |
Start up MATLAB engine |
engClose |
Shut down MATLAB engine |
engGetVariable |
Get a MATLAB array from the MATLAB engine |
engPutVariable |
Send a MATLAB array to the MATLAB engine |
engEvalString |
Execute a MATLAB command |
engOutputBuffer |
Create a buffer to store MATLAB text output |
engOpenSingleUse |
Start a MATLAB engine session for single, nonshared use |
engGetVisible |
Determine visibility of MATLAB engine session |
engSetVisible |
Show or hide MATLAB engine session |
Function |
Purpose |
engOpen |
Start up MATLAB engine |
engClose |
Shut down MATLAB engine |
engGetVariable |
Get a MATLAB array from the MATLAB engine |
engPutVariable |
Send a MATLAB array to the MATLAB engine |
engEvalString |
Execute a MATLAB command |
engOutputBuffer |
Create a buffer to store MATLAB text output |
The MATLAB engine also uses the mx
prefixed API routines discussed in Creating C Language MEX-Files and Creating Fortran MEX-Files.
Communicating with MATLAB
On UNIX, the engine library communicates with the MATLAB engine using pipes, and, if needed, rsh
for remote execution. On Microsoft Windows, the engine library communicates with MATLAB using a Component Object Model () interface. COM and DDE Support (Windows Only) contains a detailed description of COM.
Using the MATLAB Engine | GUI-Intensive Applications |
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