Is there an example on how to use REGISTEREVENT and event handlers with ActiveX/COM objects in MATLAB?

I would like to know if there is an example on how to use REGISTEREVENT and event handlers with ActiveX/COM objects.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Here is a simple example that requires Microsoft Excel. Running EXCELTEST.M will open and show an instance of Excel. You then have 20 seconds to create a new document in Excel. The COM server will be released after 20 seconds. Creating a new document within 20 seconds will trigger the event, which in turn calls the included handler function NEWWORKBOOK_HANDLER.M. The handler function displays status messages in the MATLAB command window.

More information about event handlers can be found in the documentation:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2009b/techdoc/matlab_external/brgosms.html