How can I launch an external program from a MATLAB compiled standalone application?

Trying to launch a separate executable from a program I have compiled using the Deployment Tool.

When launching the program from the MATLAB editor, I use the system command: system('start filename.exe') And the program launches fine, but once deployed as an executable, MATLAB can't find the file.

I've tried using "pwd" to find the path and creating a string with the full file path and name and then launching, but this doesn't work either.

Any ideas?

[Kaustubha Govind]

Are you testing the deployed executable on the same machine that it was compiled on? The SYSTEM command simply passes on the string to the system shell, so as long as the application is on the system PATH variable, the OS/shell should be able to find it. (In other words, it's not MATLAB that needs to find the executable, but the OS)

Answer 1

[Vignesh Rangaishenvi]

You can use the bang operator to launch stand-alone applications from MATLAB. For example, if you wish to launch “abc.exe” from MATLAB, you could use:

!abc.exe