Open a GUI directly from desktop (Shortcut) in MATLAB environment

Question

I want open a GUI directly from desktop without opening MATLAB and run it from it. When I right click on the main MATLAB code file and select Run in windows environment, MATLAB starts and after that my GUI automatically runs but I want have this with double clicking on an Icon (shortcut) o desktop. How can I do this? I don't want compile my app.

• My GUI contains training neural network so I can't compile it.

Answer 1

What you actually need is a way to run .m files via the command line - an action which isn't specific to GUIs. A command line operation is something you can bind to a shortcut on your desktop or execute using a batch file.

The solution you're looking for is a combination of MATLAB-specific syntax and a straightforward batch file creation procedure:

1. Open a text editor.

2. Write this inside: "C:\<path to your MATLAB folder>\matlab.exe" -nodisplay -nosplash -nodesktop -r "cd('C:\<path to your where the .m file is>\'); run('C:\<path to where the .m file is>\mfile.m');"

3. Save the file as .bat (in windows) and run.