Multiple windows opened when executing a matlab standalone program

I am trying to create a standalone program on Win7 that just open a figure and plot a simple function. For example, my program just execute the following two lines: figure(1); plot(1:10,sin(1:10));

I used Matlab Compiler to compile a standalone program (.exe) that works well. The problem is that before creating the figure, several windows are opened (Command Window, Command History, Help, Workspace, Current Folder and Editor).

Is there a way to avoid the opening of these windows?

Thanks in advance.

[Walter Roberson]

How are you invoking the executable?

[Simon Munier]

Either with the mcc command or with deploytool. Both give same results.

[amit pathania]

How to create standalone applications in MATLAB 2012?I am not getting errors while running MATLAB compiler.If someone can help me with steps starting from which all compilers MATLAB 2012a supports?

Answer 1

[Simon Munier]

After having tryed different configurations, it seems that when launching my standalone program, Windows uses Matlab instead of MCR.

Does anyone know how to force Windows to use MCR ?

[Simon Munier]

When I compile the matlab function, multiple matlab windows open as when I run the executable compiled program. In both cases, it seems that a new matlab session opens.

I compiled my function on another pc and these windows do not open. The only difference between the two pc is that one is in 32 bits while the other (the one where windows open) is in 64 bits. Could it be the origin of the problem?

[Simon Munier]

Here is a snapshot of what happens when I compile my function.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxuqGNu2WMOfZmZmN2ZjOTItZGQ3ZC00NjJiLTk4NjEtMmUyZTRmMjU3ODA4

Matlab is running in the background window. The new opened windows are in the red box.

There is one more thing that I do not understand, that is the text in the command window:

FEATURE "MATLAB" could not be read.

Answer 2

[Eero Kuusi]

I have had the same problem for ages. I made a workaround as follows:

global STARTUP_COMPLETE if STARTUP_COMPLETE return end script STARTUP_COMPLETE = 1;

This effectively removed the duplicate window from opening. However I'm making alterations in my program (putting in copy protection algorithms to be exact) and I must somehow prevent the dual launching from happening. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I haven't been able to solve this problem.

I'm running r2009a (same thing happens for all earlier versions as well).

br, Eero

[Simon Munier]

I do not understand the modifications you made. Could you be more clear in the code you added, please?

Namely, where did you add it? At the beggining of the program to be compiled? What is 'script'?

Thanks

[Eero Kuusi]

Script is a .m file that doesn't have any functions inside. But it shouldn't make a difference if the main .m file a script or a function, both seem to work fine.

Here's a mock version of a standalone program that uses my modification:

global STARTUP_COMPLETE

if STARTUP_COMPLETE

return

end

disp('Hello World!')

STARTUP_COMPLETE = 1;

This should prevent 'Hello World!' from being displayed twice when you run the program. Naturally, it should prevent anything after the if clause to be run twice. It worked fine for me until I made some more complex modifications.