Configuring Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0 with Windows SDK 7.1 and -mex setup

I have a similar problem. In MATLAB 2012b 64 bit, when setting up the compiler, it was found when using the mex -setup command:

Please choose your compiler for building MEX-files:

Would you like mex to locate installed compilers [y]/n? y

Select a compiler: [1] Microsoft Software Development Kit (SDK) 7.1 in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0

[0] None

However, for MATLAB 2014b 32-bit, it does not show me any other available compiler than the lcc-win32 and just the Microsoft Software Development Kit (SDK) 7.1, which seems not to be linked to Microsoft Visual Studio somehow. With each compiler I get different errors when trying to use precompiled mex-functions (both for 32 and 64 bits). For 64 bits, they are working ok. When using the lcc compiler, I get the same error, which tells me the mex32 function is not a valid Win32 application. I cannot find the way to make this work.

[Geoff Hayes]

Paola - the supported compilers for R2014b 32-bit can be found here. Are any of them (outside of lcc-win32 and the 7.1 SDK) applicable to you? You could try running

 mex -setup -v

to see why MS Visual Studio is not being selected. You may also want to describe the code you are using that works for 64-bit but fails for 32-bit. Is it only during the compile that the errors occur or when you try to run the code? In either case, please post the code that you are trying to build or run.

[Biruntha Gnaneswaran]

Hi, I successfully install microsoft windows sdk 7.1 for R2013a 32bit . when i type "mex -setup" or "mex -setup -v" in matlab, it didn't show Microsoft software development kit in the list of compilers. What is the problem here. can anyone help?

[Walter Roberson]

Biruntha, which operating system are you using?