How do I convert my .m file into a .exe file?

I do NOT have license compiler.

I have some .m file i need some one to test on there computer and i am not sure if they have matlab so i would like to make the .m file into a .exe file.

[Zhouping Wei]

This problem has NOT been solved well in Matlab until now! Hope some skilled staff from MathWorks contact me!

[Steven Lord]

Rather than emailing posters directly, please post here what you've tried and why the solutions provided in this Answers post don't meet your needs. That way everyone can contribute if they have suggestions.

Have you tried any or all of the three solutions @Shashank Prasanna suggested: MATLAB Coder, MATLAB Compiler, and the MATLAB Engine API? If so what requirements of your application did they not satisfy?

If you were trying to provide your code to users who didn't have MATLAB installed so they could run it, have you tried MATLAB Online as I suggested? If so what requirements of your use case did it not satisfy?

[Walter Roberson]

I have seen people express the sentiment that as far as they are concerned, they will not consider this problem "solved well" until Mathworks start paying people to use MATLAB Compiler (that even if the software were free, that they consider Mathworks to have more or less stolen from people by asking that the software be paid for.)

Answer 1

[Shashank Prasanna]

Your options are limited to the following and each have their own limitations:

1) MATLAB Compiler which will let you deploy your program as a stand alone executable that can be shared with anyone.

http://www.mathworks.com/products/compiler/

2) MATLAB Code which supports a subset of function for C code generation that can then be complied into an Exe

http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-coder/

3) The Engine API which will let you call MATLAB function from within a C program executable.

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/using-matlab-engine.html

Answer 2

[Steven Lord]

Another alternative, one that didn't exist when this question was originally asked ten years ago, is to have your users use MATLAB Online to run your code.

Answer 3

[per isakson]

See http://www.mathworks.se/products/compiler/

[Kaustubha Govind]

You may also want to consider MATLAB Coder. For more information, see my answer to a similar question here.

[Cordelle]

I dont have a license compiler, is there away to make the file into a .exe file another way

[per isakson]

AFAIK: There is no free way to make a stand-alone, which runs without Matlab.

Your m-file might run on Octave, which is free.