How to view an mlx file without using MATLAB

Hello everyone

I just want to ask, how one can view an mlx file in a pc without having matlab

thanks in advance

Answer 1

[Les Beckham]

You can "Save as..." an mlx file to pdf, docx, html, or latex but you lose the interactivity. You will get a static "snapshot" of the file.

[Serwan]

Thank you for your answer.

You are right ... but the problem is that I have some mlx files and I want to explore them on a PC that doesn't contain Matlab.

So, I am looking for an application just for exploring the contents of mlx files.

[Walter Roberson]

What does it mean to you to "explore" the contents?

An mlx file is a zipped archive of a directory containing mostly XML. You could unzip and any text or XML viewer if you just want to see the content.

If you want to be able to run the code you could potentially use MATLAB Compiler (which is generally more expensive than an additional MATLAB license.)

[Tahariet Sharon]

How do you uncompress it? I can't any right click button allowing me in Mac. When I use VsCode I get "The file is not displayed in the text editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding."

[Walter Roberson]

To get a right click on the Mac, use control-click

Answer 2

[Reid Spence]

Check out the new m-code live code format (since 2025a)

Live Code File Format (.m) - MATLAB & Simulink