actxcontrolselect

(Removed) Create Microsoft ActiveX control from UI

actxcontrolselect have been removed. For more information on updating your code, see Version History.

Syntax

c = actxcontrolselect

[c, info] = actxcontrolselect

Description

c = actxcontrolselect displays a dialog box listing all ActiveX^® controls installed on the system and creates the one you select from the list.

[c, info] = actxcontrolselect returns information about the control.

Output Arguments

c — COM object

function handle

COM object, returned as a function handle. Use the handle to identify this control when calling MATLAB^® COM functions.

info — Information

cell array of character vectors

Information specified as a 1-by-3 cell array of character vectors containing the name, programmatic identifier (ProgID), and file name for the control.

Limitations

• COM functions are available only on Microsoft^® Windows^® systems.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

R2025a: Removed

The actxcontrolselect function has been removed.

For app development using App Designer, update your code to use alternate functionality. For a list of functionality that you can use instead, see Recommendations for MATLAB Apps Using Java & ActiveX.

R2019b: To be removed

The actxcontrolselect function issues a warning that it will be removed in a future release.