Run command-line type external software within a .m matlab

Hi

Is there a way to pass a series of instructions to an external program in a matlab .m script ? It looks like

   ! appli code

will run the appli program with a first instruction code

What is the syntax to pass along the carriage return and another instruction to further select options for appli ?

[dpb]

Anything the app expects on the command line has to built into the string passed including the \n, etc., etc., ...

Oftentimes the "more simpler" way is to use file redirection if the app understands that option.

[MM]

typically i need first to pass

appli code

then press enter and it will ask me more such as => Continue press 1 Stop press two

the problem is that i need to wait it has run the first instruction batch before passing the further option

[dpb]

Unless one of the options is to switch to file input, that's probably not going to happen successfully.

There are ways (or at least there were w/ DOS) to simulate keypresses but those have pretty much gone the way of the dodo bird w/ later releases.

It's possible to build interactive shells around such with Tcl as the glue or similar.

Answer 1

[MM]

In fact, there is a snippet to do that:

TextInject and KeyInject,

TextInject

KeyInject

Nice Work Phil

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

I think maybe people have used the java robot for that, but I'm not sure. If the program is ActiveX capable, you can use ActiveX.