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Integrating Matlab API with Visual Studio

This document provides instructions for integrating Matlab API with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 to allow calling Matlab functions from C++ code. It describes how to set the include and library directories in the Visual Studio options to point to the Matlab installation paths. It also provides a sample C++ code that calls Matlab functions to plot data, as well as references for more information.

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Integrating Matlab API with Visual Studio

This document provides instructions for integrating Matlab API with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 to allow calling Matlab functions from C++ code. It describes how to set the include and library directories in the Visual Studio options to point to the Matlab installation paths. It also provides a sample C++ code that calls Matlab functions to plot data, as well as references for more information.

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Matlab API (R2007b) in Microsoft Visual Studio.

NET 2005
By : Sunu Wibirama

1. Open MSVS 2005 and create console application. Press Tools  Options to setup
directory for Matlab API.

2. Select VC++ Directories. From the dropdown menu, select “Include files”. Enter
your Matlab path as shown in this pictures.

3. Still at the same windows, select “Library Files” from the drop down menu. Enter
the Matlab library as shown in the picture below.
4. Select Project  Properties, as shown in the picture below

5. Enter some matlab library, as shown in the picture below


6. Enter this source code to your cpp file to try the Matlab API

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <memory.h>
#include <engine.h> //Located in $Matlab$\extern\include
#pragma comment( lib, "[Link]" )
#pragma comment( lib, "[Link]" )
#pragma comment( lib, "[Link]" )
#define SIZE 50

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])


{
double x[SIZE], y1[SIZE], y2[SIZE];
for (int i=0; i<SIZE; i++)
{
x[i]=((double)i)*0.1;
y1[i]=x[i]*x[i];
y2[i]=y1[i]*x[i];
}

Engine *m_pEngine;
m_pEngine = engOpen(NULL);
if (m_pEngine == NULL)
{
//Error! Fail to connect to MATLAB engine.
// The plot function will be disabled!
printf("Fail to open MATLAB Engine!\n");
exit(0);
}

//Translate data from C++ to Matlab


mxArray *m_X, *m_Y1, *m_Y2;
m_X=mxCreateDoubleMatrix(1, SIZE, mxREAL);
memcpy((void *)mxGetPr(m_X), (void *)x, sizeof(double)*SIZE);
engPutVariable(m_pEngine, "x", m_X);

m_Y1=mxCreateDoubleMatrix(1, SIZE, mxREAL);


memcpy((void *)mxGetPr(m_Y1), (void *)y1, sizeof(double)*SIZE);
engPutVariable(m_pEngine, "y1", m_Y1);

m_Y2=mxCreateDoubleMatrix(1, SIZE, mxREAL);


memcpy((void *)mxGetPr(m_Y2), (void *)y2, sizeof(double)*SIZE);
engPutVariable(m_pEngine, "y2", m_Y2);

//Plot by sending command to engine


engEvalString(m_pEngine, "plot(x, y1, '-', x, y2, ':');");
engEvalString(m_pEngine, "title('y_1/y_2 vs. x')");
engEvalString(m_pEngine, "xlabel('x');");
engEvalString(m_pEngine, "ylabel('y (Unit:10)');");

printf("Press any key to close the plot...\n");


getch();

//Close plot window


engEvalString(m_pEngine, "close;");

engClose(m_pEngine);

printf("Press any key to exit...\n");


getch();
return 0;
}
RESULTS :

References :

1. [Link]
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2. Matlab API in C++ (Presentation file by : Christopher Dabney), accessed from


[Link]/classes/cmps060m/Spring06/ma/cdabney19/MatLab%20A
PI%20to%20C++.ppt

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