Matlab R2014a and Visual Studio Professional 2013

I have just installed Matlab R2014a, followed by Visual Studio 2013 Professional with Update 1. When I run mex -setup I get the response:

Error using mex
No supported compiler or SDK was found. For options, visit 
http://www.mathworks.com/support/compilers/R2014a/win64.

I have verified that visual studio is working correctly by compiling a simple "Hello World" console app, which worked fine.

Looking in C:\Program Files\Matlab\R2014a\bin\win64\mexopts there is no msvc120opts.bat, nor msvc120opts.stp - is that expected?

According to the support site, Visual Studio 2013 should be supported in R2014a: Supported and Compatible Compilers – Release 2014a

[Elena]

Hi! I have the same problem. My VS2013 and ML2014 are on disk E.

mex.getCompilerConfigurations()

ans =

CompilerConfiguration with properties:

             Name: 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Professional (C)'
     Manufacturer: 'Microsoft'
         Language: 'C'
          Version: '12.0'
         Location: 'E:\VS\VC\..\'
        ShortName: 'MSVC120'
         Priority: 'B'
          Details: [1x1 mex.CompilerConfigurationDetails]
       LinkerName: 'link'
    LinkerVersion: ''
           MexOpt: 'C:\Users\elena\AppData\Roaming\MathWorks\MATLAB\R2014a...'

I run :

 mcc -W cpplib:test1 -T compile:lib test1 -v
  Compiler version: 5.1 (R2014a)
  Dependency analysis by REQUIREMENTS.
  Parsing file "E:\MATLAB_R2013b\Work\PolyValue\test1.m"
    (Referenced from: "Compiler Command Line").
  Parsing file "E:\toolbox\compiler\deploy\deployprint.m"
    (Referenced from: "Compiler Command Line").
  Parsing file "E:\toolbox\compiler\deploy\printdlg.m"
    (Referenced from: "Compiler Command Line").
  Deleting 0 temporary MEX authorization files.
  Generating file "test1.h".
  Generating file "test1.cpp".
  Generating file "test1.exports".
  Generating file "E:\MATLAB_R2013b\Work\PolyValue\readme.txt".
  Executing command: ""E:\bin\mbuild"  -client mbuild -O -v -c "test1.cpp"  "DEFFILE=\"test1.def\"" "LINKEXPORT=\"/DLL /def:\"$DEFFILE\"\"" "LDEXT=\".dll\"" "CMDLINE250=\"mt -outputresource:$EXE;2 -manifest $MANIFEST\"""Verbose mode is on. 
  No MEX options file identified; looking for an implicit selection. 
  No supported compiler or SDK was found. For options, visit http://www.mathworks.com/support/compilers/R2014a/win64. 
  Error: An error occurred while shelling out to mbuild (error code = -1).
  Unable to build executable.
  Error using mcc
  Error executing mcc, return status = 1 (0x1).

But I have downloaded SDK on C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Cpp REST SDK for Visual Studio 2013\SDK

What can I do?

[Ken Atwell]

Elena, start by mex'ing a simple C file (avoiding the added complexity of MATLAB Compiler for now), adding the -v switch to the command line. Copy and paste the output to new Answer to begin a dialog.

Answer 1

[Ken Atwell]

If you just installed Visual Studio, try rebooting to make sure the environment variables get set up. If that don't help...

Beginning with 14a, MEX infrastructure has changed -- it no longer uses .stp and .bat files, and you don't need to run 'mex -setup' in most situations. Try 'mex -v filename' (-v for verbose output), and update this question with the generated output. The verbose output should help pinpoint why MEX is not finding the compiler.

Answer 2

[Ian]

Running mex in verbose mode has identified the issue - I installed visual studio to a non-standard location (on my D: drive), but for some reason, the VS120COMNTOOLS environment variable was pointing to the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\' directory. Quitting matlab and changing the environment variable to the correct location ('D:\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\' in my case) fixed the issue.

Thanks Ken

Answer 3

[Elena]

Hi, Ken! I use ML example (timestwo-file) and run

   mex -v timestwo.c

Below are the results

Verbose mode is on.
Neither -compatibleArrayDims nor -largeArrayDims is selected.
   Using -compatibleArrayDims. In the future, MATLAB will require the use of
   -largeArrayDims and remove the -compatibleArrayDims option.
   For more information:
   http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/upgrading-mex-files-to-use-64-bit-api.html.
... Looking for compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Professional (C)' ...
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...Yes ('E:\VS\').
... Looking for file 'E:\VS\VC\bin\amd64\cl.exe' ...Yes.
... Looking for folder 'E:\VS\VC' ...Yes.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1' InstallationFolder ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1' InstallationFolder ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1' InstallationFolder ...Yes ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\').
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...Yes ('E:\VS\').
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VC7' 12.0 ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VC7' 12.0 ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VC7' 12.0 ...Yes ('E:\VS\VC\').
... Looking for environment variable 'VS120COMNTOOLS' ...Yes ('E:\VS\Common7\Tools\').
... Looking for file 'E:\VS\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe' ...Yes.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...No.
... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...Yes ('E:\VS\').
... Looking for file 'E:\VS\VC\vcvarsall.bat' ...Yes.
... Looking for folder 'E:\VS\VC' ...Yes.
Found installed compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Professional (C)'.
Options file details
-------------------------------------------------------------------
  Compiler location: E:\VS\VC\..\
  Options file: C:\Users\elena\AppData\Roaming\MathWorks\MATLAB\R2014a\mex_C_win64.xml
  CMDLINE100 : cl /c /Zp8 /GR /W3 /EHs /nologo /MD /O2 /Oy- /DNDEBUG /DMX_COMPAT_32   /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_SECURE_SCL=0   /DMATLAB_MEX_FILE -I"E:\extern\include" -I"E:\simulink\include" E:\work\timestwo.c /FoC:\Users\elena\AppData\Local\Temp\mex_1103397600611329_3300\timestwo.obj
  CMDLINE200 : link /nologo /manifest  /DLL  /EXPORT:mexFunction C:\Users\elena\AppData\Local\Temp\mex_1103397600611329_3300\timestwo.obj  /LIBPATH:"E:\extern\lib\win64\microsoft" libmx.lib libmex.lib libmat.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /out:timestwo.mexw64
  CMDLINE250 : mt -outputresource:timestwo.mexw64;2 -manifest timestwo.mexw64.manifest
  CMDLINE300 : del C:\Users\elena\AppData\Local\Temp\mex_1103397600611329_3300\timestwo.obj timestwo.exp timestwo.lib timestwo.mexw64.manifest timestwo.ilk
  COMPILER : cl
  COMPFLAGS : /Zp8 /GR /W3 /EHs /nologo /MD
  COMPDEFINES : /DMX_COMPAT_32   /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_SECURE_SCL=0   /DMATLAB_MEX_FILE
  MATLABMEX :  /DMATLAB_MEX_FILE
  OPTIMFLAGS : /O2 /Oy- /DNDEBUG
  INCLUDE : -I"E:\extern\include" -I"E:\simulink\include"
  DEBUGFLAGS : /Z7
  LINKER : link
  LINKFLAGS : /nologo /manifest 
  LINKTYPE : /DLL
  LINKEXPORT : /EXPORT:mexFunction
  LINKLIBS : /LIBPATH:"E:\extern\lib\win64\microsoft" libmx.lib libmex.lib libmat.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib
  LINKDEBUGFLAGS : /debug /PDB:"timestwo.mexw64.pdb"
  LINKOPTIMFLAGS : 
  OBJEXT : .obj
  LDEXT : .mexw64
  SETENV : set COMPILER=cl 
        set COMPFLAGS=/c /Zp8 /GR /W3 /EHs /nologo /MD /DMX_COMPAT_32   /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_SECURE_SCL=0   /DMATLAB_MEX_FILE  /DMATLAB_MEX_FILE 
        set OPTIMFLAGS=/O2 /Oy- /DNDEBUG 
        set DEBUGFLAGS=/Z7 
        set LINKER=link 
        set LINKFLAGS=/nologo /manifest  /export:%ENTRYPOINT% /DLL /LIBPATH:"E:\extern\lib\win64\microsoft" libmx.lib libmex.lib libmat.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /EXPORT:mexFunction 
        set LINKDEBUGFLAGS=/debug /PDB:"%OUTDIR%%MEX_NAME%.mexw64.pdb" 
        set NAME_OUTPUT=/out:"%OUTDIR%%MEX_NAME%%MEX_EXT%"
  VCROOT : E:\VS\VC
  SDKROOT : C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\
  VSINSTALLDIR : E:\VS\
  VCINSTALLDIR : E:\VS\VC\
  PROF_ENV : E:\VS\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
  VCVARSALLDIR : E:\VS\VC
  MATLABROOT : E:
  ARCH : win64
  SRC : E:\work\timestwo.c
  OBJ : C:\Users\elena\AppData\Local\Temp\mex_1103397600611329_3300\timestwo.obj
  OBJS : C:\Users\elena\AppData\Local\Temp\mex_1103397600611329_3300\timestwo.obj 
  SRCROOT : E:\work\timestwo
  DEF : C:\Users\elena\AppData\Local\Temp\mex_1103397600611329_3300\timestwo.def
  EXP : timestwo.exp
  LIB : timestwo.lib
  EXE : timestwo.mexw64
  ILK : timestwo.ilk
  MANIFEST : timestwo.mexw64.manifest
  TEMPNAME : timestwo
  EXEDIR : 
  EXENAME : timestwo
  OPTIM : /O2 /Oy- /DNDEBUG
  LINKOPTIM : 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Building with 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Professional (C)'.
Set PATH = E:\VS\VC\Bin\amd64;E:\VS\VC\Bin\VCPackages;E:\VS\VC\..\Common7\IDE;E:\VS\VC\..\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\Bin\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\Bin\x86;;C:\MATLAB701\bin\win32;c:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;c:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;c:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP ProtectTools Security Manager\Bin\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Apps Sync\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Apps Migration\;C:\MATLAB701\bin\win32;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;E:\runtime\win64;E:\bin;E:\MATLAB_R2013b\runtime\win64;E:\MATLAB_R2013b\bin
Set INCLUDE = E:\VS\VC\INCLUDE;E:\VS\VC\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\include\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\include\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\include\winrt;E:\extern\include;E:\VS\VC\INCLUDE;E:\VS\VC\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\include\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\include\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\include\winrt;E:\extern\include;
Set LIB = E:\VS\VC\Lib\amd64;E:\VS\VC\ATLMFC\Lib\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\lib\winv6.3\um\x64;E:\lib\win64;E:\VS\VC\Lib\amd64;E:\VS\VC\ATLMFC\Lib\amd64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\\lib\winv6.3\um\x64;E:\lib\win64;
Set LIBPATH = E:\VS\VC\Lib\amd64;E:\VS\VC\ATLMFC\Lib\amd64;E:\VS\VC\Lib\amd64;E:\VS\VC\ATLMFC\Lib\amd64;
cl /c /Zp8 /GR /W3 /EHs /nologo /MD /O2 /Oy- /DNDEBUG /DMX_COMPAT_32   /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_SECURE_SCL=0   /DMATLAB_MEX_FILE -I"E:\extern\include" -I"E:\simulink\include" E:\work\timestwo.c /FoC:\Users\elena\AppData\Local\Temp\mex_1103397600611329_3300\timestwo.obj
timestwo.c

link /nologo /manifest  /DLL  /EXPORT:mexFunction C:\Users\elena\AppData\Local\Temp\mex_1103397600611329_3300\timestwo.obj  /LIBPATH:"E:\extern\lib\win64\microsoft" libmx.lib libmex.lib libmat.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /out:timestwo.mexw64
   Creating library timestwo.lib and object timestwo.exp

mt -outputresource:timestwo.mexw64;2 -manifest timestwo.mexw64.manifest
Microsoft (R) Manifest Tool version 6.3.9600.16384

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation 2012. 

All rights reserved.

del C:\Users\elena\AppData\Local\Temp\mex_1103397600611329_3300\timestwo.obj timestwo.exp timestwo.lib timestwo.mexw64.manifest timestwo.ilk
MEX completed successfully.

[Elena]

ok, I have an answer from support

I run the command:

mex -setup:' *here my path to matlab on disk E*  \MATLAB\R2014a\bin\win64\mexopts\msvc2013.xml ' C -client MBUILD

and than

mcc

The result is :

MEX completed successfully.

Answer 4

[Royi Avital]

I have the same issue, Installed VS 2013 on Windows 7. I have MATLAB R2014a and the VS 2013 isn't on the available compilers list.

How can that be fixed?

Thanks.

[Image Analyst]

Call them. I thought that you didn't even need any compiler and it would use some kind of built in compiler. Would that be okay?

[Royi Avital]

Sorry, What do you mean?

[Image Analyst]

I think I was thinking of this: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/126306#answer_133856 where Ken said you don't need to setup the compiler anymore.

[Royi Avital]

I see.

I didn't try the '-v' option. I tried using those manual opts files in Exchange.

It's strange, I can create MEX files using 'coder' yet can't use 'loadlibrary'.

What's wrong with the Visual Studio 2013 (Visual Studio 12.0) integration?

[Image Analyst]

I can't say myself since I have only VS2010.

Answer 5

[Mauricio Gruenwaldt]

which C compilers may be used for Matlab R2014b running on a 64bit Win 8.1 PC? The proposed free software Microsoft Windows SDK 7.1 only works on PCs with Win 7, isn't? Thanks.