User`s manual

7 ActiveX and DDE Support

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Note The first statement above should be declared in the general

declarations section in order to keep the scope throughout the application.

MATLAB ActiveX Automation Properties

You have the option of making your server application visible or not by setting

the

Visible property. When visible, the server window appears on the desktop,

enabling the user to interact with the server application. This may be useful for

such purposes as debugging. When not visible, the server window does not

appear, thus perhaps making for a cleaner interface and also preventing any

interaction with the server application.

By default, the

Visible property is enabled, or set to 1.

h = actxserver('Matlab.Application');

h.visible

ans =

You can change the setting of Visible by setting it to 0 (invisible) or 1 (visible).

The following command removes the server application window from the

desktop.

h.visible = 0;

h.visible

ans =