Can compiler.p​ackage.ins​taller() create "end user files"?

If I build my apps with the Application Compiler GUI, MATLAB creates an exe for "End user files" in a subfolder `for_redistribution_files_only`. This exe is just the program to run the code. Not an installer for the program.

Now, I want to script the build process so that I don't need to go via the GUI. Therefore,

I convert the project-file to a build-script with:

createDeploymentScript('myapp.prj','build_myapp.m');

end then I run the build-script.

build_myapp;

In contrast to building the project with the GUI, in the build-folder the sub-folder `for_redistribution_files_only` is now missing. So I don't have my program as pure executable but only the installer in `for_redidtribution`.

Is there an option I can set to build the same executable as with the Application Compiler GUI?

[Ludwig]

I guess you can take the exe from the for_testing folder.

[R]

I missed this comment while answering. Glad to know this works for you.

Answer 1

[R]

I believe you can use the files from 'for_testing' folder generated while packaging MATLAB functions. Quoting from MATLAB Documentation of 'for_testing' Folder:

"The final artifacts created during the packaging process are the same files as described in for_redistribution_files_only Folder."

Refer to this link for more information:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler/files-generated-after-packaging-application-compiler.html?searchHighlight=for_redistribution_files_only&s_tid=srchtitle_support_results_1_for_redistribution_files_only#:~:text=and%20installation%20details.-,for_testing%20Folder,-Use%20the%20files