Programs communicating with Matlab

I am trying to find out as much as I can about using external programs to initiate matlab commands in compiled matlab exes.

Unfortunately, as I'm working on an extremely security-paranoid network, some "simple" things aren't so simple.

What means do programs external to matlab have of providing a command to a running matlab executable? By what means can those same programs recieve results/feedback from the executable?

Answer 1

[A Jenkins]

There are several ways to do it. Take a look at the help for MATLAB API for Other Languages.

Answer 2

[Sean de Wolski]

What are the other external programs? The Builder products allow you to build for specific environments (.NET Java Excel) and the MATLAB Compiler gives you the ability to build C/C++ libraries that can be integrated in C/C++ applications.

This is probably a good webinar to watch, it surveys all of them.

http://www.mathworks.com/videos/matlab-for-cc-programmers-81699.html

[Iain]

It is an as-yet unwritten piece of code. I'm not sure if matlab will be slaved to it, or if it will be slaved to the matlab in some way.

Sadly, I can't watch the webinar at work... "Unfortunately, as I'm working on an extremely security-paranoid network, some "simple" things aren't so simple." Grumble grumble