actxcontrollist - List currently installed Microsoft ActiveX controls

Syntax

Description

info = actxcontrollist returns a list of controls in info, a 1-by-3 cell array containing the name, programmatic identifier (ProgID), and file name for the control. Each control has one row, which MATLAB software sorts by file name.

COM functions are available on Microsoft Windows systems only.

Examples

Show information for two controls:

list = actxcontrollist;
for k = 1:2
  sprintf(' Name = %s\n ProgID = %s\n File = %s\n', list{k,:})
end

MATLAB displays information like:

ans =
  Name = Calendar Control 11.0
  ProgID = MSCAL.Calendar.7
  File = C:\Program Files\MSOffice\OFFICE11\MSCAL.OCX

ans =
  Name = CTreeView Control
  ProgID = CTREEVIEW.CTreeViewCtrl.1
  File = C:\WINNT\system32\dmocx.dll

See Also

actxcontrol | actxcontrolselect

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