Compile a .EXE into program and launch?

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Matt
Matt on 3 Feb 2017
Answered: Matt on 3 Mar 2017
Hi all,
I have developed a piece of software, for which the user may occasionally need a separate standalone .EXE.
I have compiled it into the program using DeployTool, but I am unsure how to launch it in my code? I've created a menu entry for it, but i'm not sure what function to use to execute it.
Thanks,
Matt
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Matt
Matt on 13 Feb 2017
Does anybody have any more suggestions? I can't figure this one out.

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Matt
Matt on 3 Mar 2017
I have just found the winopen function.
This works well, I can launch a PDF or EXE.

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Friedrich
Friedrich on 9 Feb 2017
Hi,
if you want to launch an external application from your MATLAB code you can use system command.
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Matt
Matt on 9 Feb 2017
Hi,
Thank you - unfortunately I have used the system command and it works fine until I compile the program, then it no longer launches the program that is on my computer.
What I really want to do though is compile the standalone EXE I have into my program, so that when my program is installed, the user can run the EXE compiled in from the menu.
Is this possible?
Thanks,
Matt

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