User`s guide

External Interfaces/API
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• Borland C++Builder 5 version 5.5
• Borland C++ Compiler version 5.5
• Compaq Visual Fortran version 6.6
• Compaq Visual Fortran version 6.1
Additional Linker Support for Intel Fortran
MATLAB V7.4 (R2007a) supports new linkers for building MEX-files with Intel Visual
Fortran 9.0.
Windows (32-bit) platform
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Windows (64-bit) platform
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
• Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 (Build 1289 or later)
New COM Features
Programmatically Connect to Instances of a COM Automation Server
MATLAB can now programmatically connect to an instance of a COM Automation server
using the new actxGetRunningServer function.
Improve the Custom Interface API
Changes to the actxserver function allow you to create a COM Automation server using a
custom interface.
New COM Data Type Support
Additional COM data type support has been added. See Handling COM Data in
MATLAB Software for a description of supported data types.
Enhanced Support for COM Interface Events
MATLAB users can take full advantage of event interfaces provided by COM Automation
servers. This change is implemented in the events, eventlisteners, isevent, registerevent,
unregisterevent, and unregisterallevents functions.