MATLAB Runtime Server

Organizing Files and Managing Startup Tasks

This example keeps its own non-startup files in toolbox\runtime\examples\gui during the entire development, compilation, and testing process. If you change any application files while exploring this example, then use rehash toolboxreset to register the changes.

The Startup Function

The example matlabrt.m file, which the section Installing the Example Files instructed you to install in the toolbox\local directory, is appropriate for this application because it:

• Does not display anything in the command window
• Sets the global error behavior for the application
• Sets the warning level to off
• Invokes pathdefrt (not pathdef)
• Launches the top-level application function, amortsched

Creating the Path Definition Function

The example pathdefrt.m file that you installed in toolbox\local uses paths relative to the MATLAB root directory. Each distinct directory that contains a function used in this application is included on the runtime path.

Notice that the list of directories in the example pathdefrt.m matches the list of (non-private, non-class) directories in the output of the depdir function.

• cleanp; % Remove all .p files from path.
  p = depdir('matlabrt')
  
  p = 
  
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\datafun'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\datafun\@cell'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\datatypes'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\elfun'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\elmat'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\general'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\general\@char'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\graph3d'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\graphics'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\graphics\private'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\iofun'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\lang'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\ops'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\ops\@cell'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\specfun'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\strfun'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\strfun\@cell'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\matlab\uitools'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\local'
      'C:\matlab\toolbox\runtime\examples\gui'
  

The path omits private and class directories, while listing their parent directories instead. For example, pathdefrt.m lists toolbox\matlab\ops, but not toolbox\matlab\ops\@cell.

Adapting the Design for Runtime Execution

Compiling the Application