Using the MX Matrix Library in General C Code

Hello. I'm trying to create a MEX filte. In order to debug the code I'm trying to compile it in Visual Studio.

I'm replacing the header with 'void main'. For some reason something is going wrong with using 'mex.h'.

How could I use the MX library in a general C / C++ code?

Thank You.

[Kaustubha Govind]

It's not clear what you mean by "something is going wrong". Please specify error messages if any, or the observed behavior.

[Royi Avital]

I mean going wrong is that the code won't compile. Yet when I compile it from MATLAB using the MEX command it will work.

My question is simple. Let's say I want to create a 'C' code and use the function Mathworks provides to MEX yet compile it into an EXE code, can I do that? How should I do that?

Thanks.

[TAB]

In which format you want to compile your code ? mex or exe ?

[Royi Avital]

Maybe I need to clarify it. I want to write a regular C code (main function, compiled into EXE). I want to use the MX library just as I can use the stdio library.

Could that be done? How can I do that?

It seems that adding the 'h' file (mex.h) won't do.

[Royi Avital]

@Kaustubha Govind, Let me ask you that, is there a way to create a standalone compiled file (From a C file) which uses MATLAB C Matrix API?

Answer 1

[Royi Avital]

It seems Mathworks did something to disable the option to create a C code which uses their library outside the MEX scope.

I Don't get how they do it, but that's the result.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

"void main" need not be accepted as the signature of the main routine of a C program. main() is defined to return an integer in C, so telling C that your "main" routine has a void return is going to generate something does not have the proper datatypes for the required main program.

[Royi Avital]

So I will write an 'int main'. Still, How can I use the MX library?