Connecting to COM server from VBA fails????

No joy ensues with any of the suggested syntax when execute an Excel macro...

Matlab = New MLApp.MLApp

or

Dim Matlab As Object

MatLab = CreateObject("Matlab.Application")

all return VB error "Object variable or With block variable not set (Error 91)"

I can't seem to get any example code to work to get a connection established. What's the magic incantation I'm missing? R2012b

ADDENDUM

OK, so think I now know why it fails to connect from VB/Excel side...

>> h = actxserver('matlab.application')
h =
  COM.matlab_application
>> enableservice('AutomationServer')
ans =
   0
>>

but, whassup w/ this?

ADDENDUM 2

OK, mostly this seems to have been a failure in the documentation -- the line

    MatLab = CreateObject("Matlab.Application")

is incorrect in the example code, the keyword Set is missing--as the error message indicated; I made the mistake of presuming TMW had tested their sample code. :(

The proper syntax is

    Set ML = CreateObject("Matlab.Application")

and as noted, the "Set" is mandatory. After this the VBA test code will function.

At this point have another question if anybody knows anything about this stuff--if look at the libraries from the OLE object viewer, there are two libraries shown

MLApp
IMLApp

with identical methods -- anybody got any klew as to what the difference is/reason for two???