MATLAB® Compiler™

Introduction

Suppose you want to create an application that calculates the rank of a large magic square. One way to create this application is to code the whole application in C or C++; however, this would require writing your own magic square, rank, and singular value routines. An easier way to create this application is to write it as one or more M-files, taking advantage of the power of the MATLAB^® product and its tools.

You can create MATLAB applications that take advantage of the mathematical functions of MATLAB, yet do not require that end users own MATLAB. Standalone applications are a convenient way to package the power of MATLAB and to distribute a customized application to your users.

The source code for standalone C applications consists either entirely of M-files or some combination of M-files, MEX-files, and C or C++ source code files.

The MATLAB^® Compiler™ product takes your M-files and generates C source code functions that allow your M-files to be invoked from outside of interactive MATLAB. After compiling this C source code, the resulting object file is linked with the run-time libraries. A similar process is used to create C++ standalone applications.

You can call MEX-files from MATLAB Compiler generated standalone applications. The MEX-files will then be loaded and called by the standalone code.

Standalone Applications

C Standalone Application Target