Programmatic compilation of standalone windows app from Matlab project (similar to matlab.add​ons.toolbo​x.packageT​oolbox)?

Hi, I finally managed to migrate my toolbox project to R2025a. As soon as everything works, the new Matlab version is really nice.

Here is my question: I have a Matlab project for my code. Under "Manage tasks", I made two tasks - one to generate a toolbox from my code, and another one to generate a standalone (windows) application from the same code. These two tasks work if I open them and then click on "package".

But ideally, I would like to do this programatically via the buildfile ("Run Build"). I can do it already for the toolbox using

matlab.addons.toolbox.ToolboxOptions("MyMatlabProjectFile.prj")

and

matlab.addons.toolbox.packageToolbox("MyMatlabProjectFile.prj")

But I would also like to do this for the standalone app. I do not find how to do this.

compiler.project.StandaloneAppConfigurationOptions
compiler.project.getStandaloneDesktopAppConfiguration

Although the above lines sound promising, these functions don't accept any inputs

And

compiler.build.standaloneWindowsApplication(AppFile)

does not accept a prj file as input.

Is there a way to compile a standalone app based on the task I created for my project? Thanks for your input!

[Gayathri]

Hi @William,

Please load the project in command line using the following command:

proj = matlab.project.loadProject('filename.prj');

Currently, we cannot directly pass the ".prj" file to the "compiler.build.standaloneApplication" function. Instead, please specify the main application file that serves as the entry point for your standalone application.

appFile = 'MyMainApp.m'; % Replace with your main app file name

% Create Standalone Application Options
opts = compiler.build.StandaloneApplicationOptions(appFile, ...
    'OutputDir', 'C:\Path\To\Output\Directory', ... % Specify your output directory
    'ExecutableName', 'MyStandaloneApp', ... % Name of the executable
    'Verbose', 'On'); % Enable verbose output

% Build the standalone application
compiler.build.standaloneApplication(opts);

Let me know if this works and you get the expected results.