MatLab and C++ compiler together

I have just downloaded Visual C++ 2010. Could someone give me an overview on what I have to do to compile a MatLab ".m" file using the MatLab and C++ compiler together.

[Patrik Ek]

Hi, may I ask for a clarification here? So to say, what do you want to do? I seems that you have a .cpp file that you want to run in MATLAB in some way. Am I right?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

The MATLAB Compiler product can be used to generate executables, without translating the .m into C or C++. It does happen to require a C or C++ compiler to put some parts of the executable together properly, but the .m never becomes C or C++ in this process.

The MATLAB Coder product can be used to generate C or C++ code from .m files; you would then use a C or C++ compiler to generate object code for the desired target.

You can also call C or C++ routines from MATLAB, without using any additional toolboxes, by using loadlib() and calllib()

You can make your own "built in commands" for use in .m files, by building writing a MEX interface to your C or C++ code, and then compiling the MEX interface together with the C or C++ code; this does not require any additional toolboxes.