Installer created by MATLAB Compiler - can it capture user input during the installation of the application?

I plan to use MATLAB compiler to distribute a standalone Windows application to clients. I know the Compiler will create an installation .exe that the user will run to install my application. When the installer executes is it possible to request input from the user that can be accessed later by the installed application? In this case I want the user to specify a directory where data files can be installed.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

I don't think so. This was one of the things I asked them about before. That and a few other shortcomings led me to not use their deploytool and use a different one. Maybe the next release will be better.

[Steve Page]

Thanks Image Analyst for your prompt response. Mathworks Support have also confirmed this and offered a workaround: -

Do some small setup when the user starts your application for the first time. So something like

if application_settings_are_not_set Start_config_ui end