Integrating Matlab Coder with c#

Question

I want to integrate MATLAB Coder output with a C# project in Visual Studio 2010. My main idea is:

• Create a *.m script in Matlab
• Make sure the script is compatible with Matlab Coder.
• Generate a C++ shared library (DLL) with Matlab Coder

• Integrate with C# using something like this:

  //Starts the model execution. May take several minutes
  public static class DllHelper
  {
      [DllImport(@"test.dll",CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl,EntryPoint = "Run()")]
      public static extern int Run();
  }
  

• Also, I would like to be able to stop the execution and retrieve some partial results. To do this, I was thinking in two methods: StopExecution and RetrievePartialResults

  [DllImport(@"test.dll",CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl,EntryPoint =     "StopExecution ()")]
  public static extern int StopExecution ();
  
  [DllImport(@"test.dll",CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl,EntryPoint = "RetrievePartialResults()")]
  public static extern MyResults RetrievePartialResults();
  

Is it possible to do? If no, is there any alternatives? If yes, where can I find more examples?

Answer 1

I have no idea if your plan works, but MATLAB Builder NE might be an alternative. It directly outputs a .Net dll without those hard limitations to the m-code.

The disadvantage is, that MCR is required on the target machine.