enableservice

Enable, disable, or report status of MATLAB Automation server

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    Syntax

    state = enableservice("AutomationServer",enable)
    state = enableservice("AutomationServer")

    Description

    state = enableservice("AutomationServer",enable) enables or disables the MATLAB® Automation server and returns the previous state.

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    state = enableservice("AutomationServer") returns the current state of the Automation server.

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    Examples

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    state = enableservice("AutomationServer",true)
    state =

  logical

   0

    Previously, MATLAB was not an Automation server.

    state = enableservice("AutomationServer")

    state =

  logical

   1

    MATLAB is an Automation server.

    Input Arguments

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    Option to enable server, specified as a 1 (true) or 0 (false). If enable is 1 (true), the function converts an existing MATLAB session to an Automation server. If enable is 0 (false), the function disables the MATLAB Automation server.

    Output Arguments

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    Status of the MATLAB Automation server, returned as a 1 or 0. If state is 1 (true), MATLAB is an Automation server. If state is 0 (false), MATLAB is not an Automation server.

    Tips

    • To create a MATLAB Automation server at startup, use this command at the Windows operating system prompt:

      matlab -automation

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

    Version History

    Introduced before R2006a

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