External Interfaces

Compiling and Linking Engine Programs

This section describes the steps required to compile and link engine programs. These steps are the same on both UNIX and Windows systems, except where noted. The main steps are

• Step 1 -- Write Your Application
• Step 2 -- Check Required Libraries and Files
• Step 3 -- Build the Application
• Step 4 -- Set Run-time Library Path
• Step 5 -- (Windows Only) Register MATLAB As a COM Server
• Step 6 -- Test Out the Program

The following examples illustrate this process:

• Example -- Building an Engine Application on UNIX
• Example -- Building an Engine Application on Windows

Step 1 -- Write Your Application

Write your main application in the C or Fortran Language, using any of the MATLAB Engine routines to perform computations in MATLAB. See the previous two sections on Using the MATLAB Engine and Examples of Calling Engine Functions for help.

Note    If you plan to build with the Borland C++ compiler on Windows, read the section on Masking Floating-Point Exceptions to avoid program termination when a floating-point exception occurs.

Attaching to an Existing MATLAB Session

Step 2 -- Check Required Libraries and Files

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