Re: Compiling Programs to Windows Stand-Alone Executables

[Paul Kienzle]

There has been some work on an octave compiler which translates
m-files into C++.  Google for "compiler site:www.octave.org"
gave me this result:

http://www.octave.org/octave-lists/archive/octave-maintainers.2005/ 
msg00430.html

But it occurs to me that you don't need to compile the
mfiles to do what you want to do.  Instead you could
statically compile octave then write a small main program
which embeds all the scripts you need as strings.   Prior
to calling your main function you just need to eval each
of the function definition strings.  You might also want
to use mlock to keep them in place if you give the user
access to the command line.

- Paul

On Jun 1, 2005, at 4:28 AM, Peter Browne wrote:

> Thanks Paul. I will look at the TCL stuff. I have found QMG which makes
> Matlab executables but has not been tested for Octave. Leaving Octave,
> surely just from a C++ point of view one can compile C++ code to an
> executable for windows? So then is it possible to just have the Octave
> headers and files included in the C++ code so when you compile it  
> builds
> things for you? Probably not the right forum (but seeing that it is in
> specific reference to Octave) - how would I do that? Is it possible?
>
> Peter
>
> > This would be a nice feature to have for those of us building
> > applications, but it doesn't exist for octave.
> >
> > Tcl handles this well if anyone is looking for inspiration.
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> > On May 31, 2005, at 7:20 AM, Peter Browne wrote:
> >
> > > Good day all,
> > >
> > > I am an Octave and Linux newbie, and would appreciate some help
> > > regarding building stand-alone applications into the windows
> > > environment. How exactly do I go about compiling my Octave code into
> a
> > > Windows executable and a Linux executable/binary so that a user can
> > > have
> > > the application deployed onto the machine without needing octave.
> > >
> > > I have done some searching on the net, but can't find what I am
> looking
> > > for either because I might be searching in the wrong place, or don't
> > > understand what is being talked of.
> > >
> > > Please could somebody give me some help.
> >
> >
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