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 MATLAB files, taking advantage of the power of MATLAB 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 applications consists either entirely of MATLAB files or some combination of MATLAB files and MEX-files.

MATLAB Compiler takes your MATLAB files and generates a standalone executable that allows your MATLAB application to be invoked from outside of interactive MATLAB.

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

Standalone Application Target

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