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External Interfaces/API
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External Interfaces/API
New Interface to Microsoft .NET Framework
The interface to .NET allows you to bring .NET assemblies into the MATLAB
environment, to construct objects from classes contained in the assemblies, and to call
methods on these objects. For complete documentation of this feature, see Using .NET
Libraries from MATLAB. For an overview of the .NET interface, watch this video demo.
Expanded Platform Support Added for MATLAB Serial Port
MATLAB Serial Port is now supported on the following platforms:
• Microsoft Windows 64-bit
• Apple Macintosh OS X
• Macintosh OS X 64-bit
• Linux
• Linux 64-bit
• Sun Solaris™ 64-bit
Changes To Compiler Support
New Compiler Support
MATLAB Version 7.8 (R2009a) supports these new compilers for building MEX-files:
Microsoft Windows (64- and 32-bit) Platforms
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Linux (64- and 32-bit) Platforms
• gcc Version 4.2.3
Apple Macintosh (32-bit) Platforms
• GNU gfortran Version 4.2.2
Compiler Support To Be Phased Out
The following compilers are supported in Version 7.8 (R2009a), but will not be supported
in a future version of MATLAB: