Script to create/load a project

Hello,

I want to write a script to automatically create/load a project in matlab and add relevant folders/files to the project. The following script should be doing it.

clear all;
fullPath     = which("loadProj.m");
thisFilePath = "loadProj.m";
project_root = strrep(fullPath, thisFilePath,"");

% Load cuSim project if already the project already exists
projExist = isfile(fullfile(project_root,"\myProj.prj"));
if (projExist)
    openProject(project_root);
else
    proj      = matlab.project.createProject(project_root);
    proj.Name = 'MySim';
    
    % Add project root itself
    addFolderIncludingChildFiles(MySim, fullfile(project_root,'file1'));
    addFolderIncludingChildFiles(MySim, fullfile(project_root,'file2')); 
    addFolderIncludingChildFiles(MySim, fullfile(project_root,'file3'));
    addFolderIncludingChildFiles(MySim, fullfile(project_root,'file4'));
end

However, i get the following error when trying to run the above script multiple times. I have manually deleted the myProj.prj file from the project root but still it gives the following error.

Error using matlab.project.createProject
The specified folder already contains a project.
Error in matlab.project.createProject
Error in matlab.project.createProject
Error in loadSimProj (line 35)
    proj      = matlab.project.createProject(project_root); 

[Mario Malic]

The specified folder already contains a project.

I guess one project per folder.

[Adnan Khan]

Agreed one project per folder, but even after deleting the .proj file from the root directory, the script is supposed to create a new project.

[VBBV]

Type run command in Windows

Then type %temp% to open the temp folder and delete all the files if present.

Then load the project and See what happens

[Adnan Khan]

The issue was resources folder in the project root directory . Removing the folder resolved this issue.

Thanks

clear all;
fullPath     = which("loadProj.m");
thisFilePath = "loadProj.m";
project_root = strrep(fullPath, thisFilePath,"");
% Load project if already the project already exists
projExist = isfile(fullfile(project_root,"\myProj.prj"));
if (projExist)
    openProject(project_root);
else
    status    = rmdir(fullfile(project_root,"\resources"),'s');
    proj      = matlab.project.createProject(project_root);
    proj.Name = 'MySim';
    
    % Add project root itself
    addFolderIncludingChildFiles(MySim, fullfile(project_root,'file1'));
    addFolderIncludingChildFiles(MySim, fullfile(project_root,'file2')); 
    addFolderIncludingChildFiles(MySim, fullfile(project_root,'file3'));
    addFolderIncludingChildFiles(MySim, fullfile(project_root,'file4'));
end

[Mario Malic]

Then, accept my answer to your question. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

[Mario Malic]

You need to delete .prj file and resources folder with it as well.