Compiler

Matlab compilation quirks – take 2

A few hard-to-trace quirks with Matlab compiler outputs are explained.

May 31, 2017 No Comments Read More »

Quirks with compiled Matlab DLLs

Several quirks with Matlab-compiled DLLs are discussed and workarounds suggested.

February 10, 2016 No Comments Read More »

Matlab compiler bug and workaround

Both the Matlab compiler and the publish function have errors when parsing block-comments in Matlab m-code.

January 28, 2015 6 Comments Read More »

Using pure Java GUI in deployed Matlab apps

Using pure-Java GUI in deployed Matlab apps requires a special yet simple adaptation.

July 10, 2014 27 Comments Read More »

Disabling menu entries in deployed docked figures

Matlab's standard menu items can and should be removed from deployed docked figures. This article explains how.

November 14, 2012 14 Comments Read More »

Removing user preferences from deployed apps

An unsupported MathWorks Technical Solution explains how to remove private information from deployed (compiled) matlab applications.

November 7, 2012 No Comments Read More »

Speeding up compiled apps startup

The MCR_CACHE_ROOT environment variable can reportedly help to speed-up deployed Matlab executables.

August 22, 2012 32 Comments Read More »

Splash window for deployed applications

Deployed (compiled) Matlab applications take a long time to load. I present a splash window that loads immadiately, solving this problem.

July 26, 2012 Comments Off Read More »

Unique computer ID

There are several alternatives for getting unique computer identifiers in Matlab

June 22, 2011 27 Comments Read More »

Docking figures in compiled applications

Figures in compiled applications cannot officially be docked since R2008a, but this can be done using a simple undocumented trick.

June 15, 2011 30 Comments Read More »

Sunham (3 days 7 hours ago): This is an old article, but the issue persists even in 2023. 2023a: z = mat2cell(1:1e6,1,repmat(1,1,1e 6)); f = @() cellfun(‘isempty’, z); g = @() cellfun(@isempty,z);...
Yair Altman (12 days 21 hours ago): Robot only runs when you tell it to run a command such as keyPress. If you don’t tell it to run a command, it uses no CPU, so there’s no need to remove the Robot...
Eric (13 days 8 hours ago): Hey @Kevin, can you share your code about create group of figures in the AppContainer? The container of multiples uifigures could be an amazing improvement over AppDesigner and its...
Elsa Smith (13 days 23 hours ago): I recently used java.awt.Robot to perform GUI testing on MATLAB and found it to be an extremely easy and useful way to control mouse movements.
Elsa Smith (14 days 0 hours ago): I’m suspecting that the slow performance of my GUI may be due to the use of java.awt.Robot. Is there a way to cancel/stop/remove the robot after it has been created, or is...
Michelle Kline (14 days 17 hours ago): *edit* tip about fopen(), not about fwrite(). ‘Wb’ vs. ‘wb’
Michelle Kline (14 days 17 hours ago): Thank you, Yair! With this previously-unknown-to-me tip about fwrite() performance, you have saved me literally hours of processing time. Michelle Kline Department of...
Alessandro Beda (27 days 5 hours ago): I found what I think is a bug related to this (tested in R2022 and R2023a). If I add a “ButtonDownFcn” to the plots (see example below), then the modified...
Nicholas (28 days 19 hours ago): Yair, Changing the desktop help options did not solve the issue. Though, it’s unclear how I could change these options in the Runtime, if that’s what you meant? I should...
Yair Altman (32 days 14 hours ago): @Francisco – this is one of those cases where you should ask MathWorks support. After all, you’re trying to use a supported Matlab functionality when you encountered...
Francisco Campos (33 days 2 hours ago): Hello, thanks for all your work that has been immensely useful for those working in the Matlab environment. I have been trying to replace matlabcontrol with the official...
Yair Altman (37 days 3 hours ago): Kei – this is possible, I believe that I saw this ability somewhere, a few years ago. I don’t remember exactly where, it will require a bit of research, but...
Kei (37 days 5 hours ago): Hello Yair Thank you for this great article. I would like to freeze first two columns in uitable. Do you know if such option is available? Since looks like this option is not available...
Andrés Aguilar (40 days 17 hours ago): Hello, has anyone tried to change the language of the DateComboBox? For example English -> French ————&# 8212;—- January -> Janvier April...
Yair Altman (49 days 15 hours ago): I posted my treeTable utility 10 years ago for anyone to use freely, on an as-is basis, without any warranty, updates or support. If you need any customization or assistance...