User`s manual

7 ActiveX and DDE Support
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of a dedicated server running simultaneously, since the dedicated server is not
shared by multiple clients.
Using MATLAB As a DCOM Server
DCOM is a protocol that allows ActiveX connections to be established over a
network. If you are using a version of Windows that supports DCOM (Windows
NT 4.0 at the time of this writing) and a controller that supports DCOM, you
can use the controller to launch MATLAB on a remote machine. To do this,
DCOM must be configured properly, and MATLAB must be installed on each
machine that is used as a client or server. (Even though the client machine will
not be running MATLAB in such a configuration, the client machine must have
a MATLAB installation because certain MATLAB components are required to
establish the remote connection.) Consult the DCOM documentation for how to
configure DCOM for your environment.