Problem with 'pause' when I generate an .exe

I need take a data of a cursor in my program.

I do that in this way:

datacursormode on;
pause;
datacursormode off;
dcm_obj = datacursormode(superficie);
C=dcm_obj.getCursorInfo.Position;

I put the command "pause" because the next lines needed to wait that the user select the point.

It run perfectly when I execute this program in matlab.

But when I generate the .exe and I run the program, the program never past of this point.

After that I use an "imread"

im=imread('imagen.png');

I put the pictur in the .exe folder so I think this is not the problem, but I mention it just in case it was important.

Sorry for my English. Thanks in advance

[Filippo Piatti]

Dear Rubio, I recently came across extacly the same problem. As far as I understood, Matlab pause() command have some stability and accuracy issues (many posts suggest using java threads instead), and surely cannot be compiled in standalone apps. So, what I did was to solve the problem not using pause but with a simpler and more stable msgbox, as below:

uiwait(msgbox('Press ok'));

Overall, the user must give a keyboard input in both the cases (pause and uiwait), but the second one...works!

I hope this solution may be suitable also for your case. If you find out any smarter one, please let me know!

Best Filippo