External Interfaces/API Reference

engSetVisible

Show or hide MATLAB engine session

C Syntax

• #include "engine.h"
  int engSetVisible(Engine *ep, bool value);
  

Arguments

ep
   Engine pointer.

value
   Value to set the Visible property to. Set value to 1 to make the engine window visible, or to 0 to make it invisible.

Description

Windows Only

engSetVisible makes the window for the MATLAB engine session, ep, either visible or invisible on the Windows desktop. You can use this function to enable or disable user interaction with the MATLAB engine session.

engSetVisible returns 0 on success, and 1 otherwise.

Examples

The following code opens engine session ep and disables its visibility.

• Engine *ep;
  bool vis;
  
  ep = engOpen(NULL);
  engSetVisible(ep, 0);
  

To determine the current visibility setting, use

• engGetVisible(ep, &vis);
  

See Also

engGetVisible

engSetEvalTimeout (Obsolete)

engWinInit (Obsolete)