Why can't I run compiled Matlab from Python?

I have a Matlab executable that I didn't write and cannot run it from Python. I have tried both of the following:

os.system('conversion.exe')

subprocess.Popen(['conversion.exe'])

I get an error telling me that it cannot find the MCR. I know that the MCR is installed and operational as I can run the executable from outside Python by double clicking.

Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Aaron

Answer 1

[Bo Li]

Not sure why this could happen. You may add the location of MCR to the system PATH environment variable using os.environ['PATH'].

Also, you could try to call the compiled M function through the Python client directly:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler_sdk/python_packages.html