MATLAB Excel Builder

Packaging and Distributing the Component

Once you have successfully compiled your models and created the Excel add-in, you are ready to package the component for distribution to your end users.

Choose Component -> Package Component to create a self-extracting executable containing these files.

File	Purpose
_install.bat	Script run by the self-extracting executable
<componentname_projectversion>.dll	Compiled component
mglinstaller.exe	MATLAB math and graphics installer
mwcomutil.dll	Excel Builder utility library
mwregsvr.exe	Executable that registers DLLs on target machines
*.xla	Any Excel add-in files found in the <projectdir>\distrib directory

The self-extracting executable is named <componentname>.exe.

Running the installer on a target machine performs these steps:

• mglinstaller installs the MATLAB C/C++ Math and Graphics libraries.

• Action: Add the <application>\bin\win32 directory that mglinstaller creates to your path. (<application> represents the deployed application's root directory, the directory where the deployed application resides on your system.)

• mwregsvr registers mwcomutil.dll and <componentname>_<projectversion>.dll.
• mglinstaller writes any Excel add-ins (*.xla) to the current directory location.

• Action: To use the Excel add-ins, start Excel, choose Tools -> Add-Ins, and select the desired .xla file.

You must repeat this distribution process on each target machine.

Application Deployment

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