Trouble Opening Program using System()

Hi,

So im trying to open a program (Ansys ICEM) through MATLAB. The code I have setup to run the file is:

ICEM_Path = 'C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v221\icemcfd\win64_amd\bin\icemcfd';
ICEM_Script = [currentFolder, '\ICEM_Script.tcl'];
system(['"' ICEM_Path '" -script "' ICEM_Script '"']);

Now MATLAB opens up the program fine, but it doesnt work with any of my scripts that I want it to. This is weird because when i open up the program through the taskbar, or just open it in its file location outside of MATLAB everything works fine as expected. Is there some problem with the environment variables?

When I open the program normally a terminal opens with the program (I would assume to let the program call function and perform them). But When I open it through MATLAB it doesnt open this terminal, and I would suspect that this is why its not working as usual. Does anyone know what the problem may be?

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

Looking at the string you are providing to the system command, I think you want

system(['"' ICEM_Path ' -script ' ICEM_Script '"']); % Removed the double quotes around -script

rather than

system(['"' ICEM_Path '" -script "' ICEM_Script '"']);

I'm not sure you need the outermost double-quotes either, so I think

system([ICEM_Path ' -script ' ICEM_Script])

will work.

[Luke Driver]

The code was already working, I was just wondering if there was an environment issue. This is because I can open up my program using the taskbar (and it works completely fine), but when I open it with MATLAB some of the commands in the program do not work. So I'm thinking MATLAB is doing something (maybe the environment) to change its behavior.