MATLAB Compiler Prerequisites

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Your Role in the Application Deployment Process What You Need to Know Products, Compilers, and IDE Installation Deployment Target Architectures and Compatibility Dependency and Non-Compilable Code Considerations For More Information

Your Role in the Application Deployment Process

Depending on the size of your organization, you play one role, or many, in the process of successfully deploying a standalone application or shared library.

For example, you analyze user requirements and satisfy them by writing a program in MATLAB code. You can also implement the infrastructure to deploy an application to users in computing environments different from your own. In smaller organizations, you find one person responsible for performing tasks associated with multiple roles. The table Application Deployment Roles, Tasks, and References describes some of the different MATLAB Compiler roles or jobs. It also describes which tasks you would most likely perform when running The Magic Square Example in this chapter.

Note   If you are using a non-Windows operating system, "console applications" are referred to as "standalone applications".

Application Deployment Roles, Tasks, and References

Role	Knowledge Base	Responsibilities	Task To Achieve Goal
MATLAB programmer	MATLAB expert No IT experience No access to IT systems	Develops models; implements in MATLAB Serves as tool builder Uses tools to create a component that is used by the C or C++ programmer	Creating a Standalone Application or Shared Library From MATLAB Code
C/C++ developer	Little to no MATLAB experience Moderate IT experience C/C++ expert Minimal access to IT systems	Integrates deployed component with the rest of the C or C++ application Integrates deployed MATLAB Figures with the rest of the C or C++ application	Distributing Your Standalone Application or Shared Library
End user	No MATLAB experience Some knowledge of the data that is being displayed, but not how it was created	In Web environments, consumes what the front-end developer creates Integrates MATLAB code with other third-party applications, such as Excel	Not Applicable

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What You Need to Know

To use the MATLAB Compiler product, specific requirements exist for each user role.

Role	Requirements
MATLAB programmer	A basic knowledge of MATLAB, and how to work with: MATLAB data types MATLAB structures
C/C++ developer	Exposure to: Exposure to the C or C++ programming languages Procedural or object-oriented programming concepts

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Products, Compilers, and IDE Installation

Install the following products to run the example described in this chapter:

• MATLAB

• MATLAB Compiler

• A supported C or C++ compiler

For more information about product installation and requirements, see Installation and Configuration.

Compiler Selection with mbuild -setup

The first time you use MATLAB Compiler, after starting MATLAB, run the following command:

mbuild -setup

For more information about mbuild -setup, see Installation and Configuration.

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Deployment Target Architectures and Compatibility

Before you deploy a component with MATLAB Compiler, consider if your target machines are 32-bit or 64-bit.

Applications developed on one architecture must be compatible with the architecture on the system where they are deployed.

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Dependency and Non-Compilable Code Considerations

Before you deploy your code, examine the code for dependencies on functions that may not be compatible with MATLAB Compiler.

For more detailed information about dependency analysis (depfun) and how MATLAB Compiler evaluates MATLAB code prior to compilation, see MATLAB Code Deployment in the MATLAB Compiler User's Guide.

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For More Information

If you want to...	See...
Deploy a standalone application in C or C++	The Magic Square Example Standalone Executable and Shared Library Creation From MATLAB Code Build Standalone Executables and Shared Libraries Using the Deployment Tool
Deploy a shared library in C or C++	The Magic Square Example Deployment Process
Learn more about standalone applications and shared libraries	Supported Compilation Targets
Verify your MATLAB code is deployable	MATLAB Code Deployment

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Product Overview

The Magic Square Example

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