Why does the MCC –e switch not suppress the MS-DOS window in MATLAB Compiler 4.7 (R2007b)?

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MathWorks Support Team on 27 Jun 2009

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I have used the –e switch with the MCC command to suppress the appearance of the MS-DOS command window when generating a standalone application. But when starting the standalone application the MS-DOS window isn’t suppressed. I have used the LCC compiler.

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MathWorks Support Team on 18 Apr 2023

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Edited: MathWorks Support Team on 19 Apr 2023

The reason the MCC –e switch is not suppressing the DOS window is because of the LCC compiler being used for the compilation process.

MCC tries to create a "WinMain" entry point in the main file when you specify the -e option. However, the WinMain entry point requires the Microsoft compiler to successfully compile. Therefore, if the compiler being used is a non-Microsoft compiler, we actually create a "main" entry point. This results in the DOS window being generated.

To work around this issue, use a Microsoft compiler. The supported compilers are listed on this page:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/supported-compilers.html