how to convert matlab code to .exe file?

hi...i have a matlab code(.m) which i want to convert to .exe.. i used deploytool to make a package which conatins .exe and MCR installer. but the .exe file created is a matlab application. It is "Application(.exe)"!!!

and it does not work with only MCR but it needs malab installed in the system.

somebody please help me with this.. i want to make a .exe file from matlab code!

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Have you checked if your .exe file works in your first computer?

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Please see the FAQ for a number of things you can try: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#My_standalone_executable_won.27t_run_on_the_target_computer._What_can_I_try.3F

Please run your app from a console window (Start->cmd, then cd to the folder). Tell us everything in the console window that you see.

[Jeena]

i tried in console window as u said...the error is in reading the image! error is '_ image does not exist_' . '_imread_' cant read the image as the path i have given in the program is not there in the system. image was stored in the desktop.

[Image Analyst]

Well, there you go. You did write robust code, didn't you? So that it didn't crash the program? Meaning, you did have try/catch constructs to trap errors, try to fix them, and continue? And you used exist() before you try to open any files (images, Excel workbooks, data files, .mat files, etc.)?

if ~exist(theFolder, 'dir')
  warningMessage = sprintf('Error: folder does not exist:\n%s', theFolder);
  uiwait(warndlg(warningMessage));
  theFolder = pwd;  % Default to the current working directory.
end

fullFileName = fullfile(theFolder, baseFileName);
if exist(fullFileName, 'file')
  originalImage = imread(fullFileName);
else
  warningMessage = sprintf('Error: file does not exist:\n%s', fullFileName);
  uiwait(warndlg(warningMessage));
  originalImage  = zeros(240, 320); % Just make a black image so we can continue.
end

If not, then you need to learn and start using more robust, bulletproof code or else your users will complain over and over about numerous places where your code crashed. This will damage your reputation with your users.

[Jeena]

thank you sir...i understood the mistake in code!

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

No, your .exe application, needs only MCR.

[Jeena]

well the file type in the properties window says it an is "Application(.exe)" not ".exe" !!! It also comes with a matlab icon.

i have tried in a computer which does not have matlab installed. I installed MCR in it and still it didnt work!!

[Image Analyst]

Try renaming the file so that there are no parentheses in the name.

Answer 3

[Youssef Khmou]

hi,

did you try mcc

 doc mcc

[Youssef Khmou]

well, i just tried the same command with random Mfile and it generated 2 C files and one .exe, is your M-file in the dir : \R2012a\bin? if yes then change its location to somewere else like Desktop

[Image Analyst]

You can do that in the mcc command line with the -d option:

mcc -m myapp.m -d 'D:\MATLAB\myAppFolder'

The above command will put myapp.exe in the folder called "D:\MATLAB\myAppFolder".

[Sukshith Shetty]

How do I convert .m (matlab file) to .exe file without the help of Application/MATLAB Compiler Toolbox. Is there any other method. I currently don't have the resource to purchase MATLAB Compiler Toolbox. Can you please suggest me an alternate way.

Thank you

[Walter Roberson]

For some subsets of MATLAB, you might be able to use https://github.com/ebranlard/matlab2fortran and then compile the resulting fortran.

It probably does not handle any of the toolboxes.