R12 Release Notes

Chapter 29
MATLAB Runtime Server 6.0 Release Notes

New Features

This section introduces the new features and enhancements added in the MATLAB Runtime Server 6.0 since the MATLAB Runtime Server 5.0 (Release 11.0).

The MATLAB Runtime Server now includes these new features:

• A new tool, buildp, for generating runtime P-code.
• An enhanced implementation of depfun, now part of MATLAB. Its output now includes information about Java classes.
• A new example of a MATLAB runtime GUI application. This example has also been adapted for use as a MATLAB runtime engine application on a PC, using ActiveX Automation. For details about this adaptation, see matlabroot\toolbox\runtime\examples\activex\Readme.

In addition, the package script and the other examples have been updated to make them compatible with MATLAB 6.0.

Upgrading from an Earlier Release

If you are upgrading a runtime application that you built using the MATLAB Runtime Server 5.0 so that it uses the MATLAB Runtime Server 6.0, then you need to repeat the process of compiling, packaging, and testing the application to ensure that it works properly with MATLAB 6.0. Refer to the MATLAB Runtime Server Application Developer's Guide for details.

Known Software and Documentation Problems

This section updates the MATLAB Runtime Server 6.0 documentation set, reflecting known documentation problems. These errors occur in the printed, but not the electronic, version of the MATLAB Runtime Server Application Developer's Guide:

• The list of files in "Manually Packaging Files for Shipping (PC)" (pages 4-6 and 4-7) is incorrect. Use the electronic version instead.
• If your application uses Java classes, then the discussion about packaging a runtime application (pages 4-3 through 4-7) is incomplete. Use the electronic version of the instructions for automatically or manually packaging your application.
• Pages 3-10 and 3-11 incorrectly refer to the directories toolbox\runtime\examples\engine\activex and toolbox\runtime\examples\engine, respectively. Both should instead refer to the directory toolbox\runtime\examples\activex, which is the actual location of the files for the ActiveX Automation example.
• The electronic version of the Testing with the Runtime Server Variant section for runtime engine applications recommends a more robust method, compared to the corresponding section (page 3-8) of the printed version. Also, see the updated procedure for testing the example runtime engine application, and compare with page 3-28 of the printed version.

Upgrading from an Earlier Release

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