MATLAB Engine API for C, C++, and Fortran

Call MATLAB^® from C/C++ and Fortran programs

Engine applications are standalone C/C++ or Fortran programs that allow you to call MATLAB from your own programs, using MATLAB as a computation engine. Engine applications require an installed version of MATLAB; you cannot run the MATLAB engine on a machine that only has the MATLAB Runtime.

C and Fortran Engine Library Functions

`engOpen (C and Fortran)`	Start MATLAB engine session
`engOpenSingleUse (C)`	Start MATLAB engine session for single, nonshared use
`engClose (C and Fortran)`	Quit MATLAB engine session
`Engine (C)`	Type for MATLAB engine
`engEvalString (C and Fortran)`	Evaluate expression in string
`engGetVariable (C and Fortran)`	Copy variable from MATLAB engine workspace
`engPutVariable (C and Fortran)`	Put variable into MATLAB engine workspace
`engGetVisible (C)`	Determine visibility of MATLAB engine session
`engSetVisible (C)`	Show or hide MATLAB engine session
`engOutputBuffer (C and Fortran)`	Specify buffer for MATLAB output

Functions

mex Build MEX function from C/C++ or Fortran source code

Topics

Write Engine Applications

Getting Started

What you need to start building C/C++ or Fortran engine applications.

Introducing MATLAB Engine API for C/C++ and Fortran

Call MATLAB from your own C/C++ and Fortran programs, using MATLAB as a computation engine.

Call MATLAB Functions from C/C++ Applications

Create a C engine application engdemo.c.

Call MATLAB Functions from Fortran Applications

Create a Fortran engine application fengdemo.F.

Attach to Existing MATLAB Sessions

This example shows how to attach an engine program to a MATLAB session that is already running.

Callbacks in Applications

Design user interface callbacks to be evaluated in the context of the base workspace.

Windows Applications

Set Run-Time Library Path on Windows Systems

At run time, tell the operating system where the API shared libraries are by setting the Path environment variable.

Build Windows Engine Application

This example shows how to verify the build process on Windows^® platforms using the C example engwindemo.c.

Run Windows Engine Application

This example shows how to run the C example, engwindemo.c, from the Windows system prompt.

Register MATLAB as a COM Server

Register MATLAB for every session, to ensure that the current version of MATLAB is the registered version. If you run older versions, the registered version could change.