File Exchange Pick of the Week

October 2nd, 2009

Integrating the File Exchange with the MATLAB Desktop

This week's Pick of the Week takes a turn "out of the box"; rather than select a file, I'd like to highlight new functionality in MATLAB that allows one to interface with the MATLAB Central File Exchange directly from one's MATLAB Desktop.

As of the current release of MATLAB (R2009b), the Desktop includes a new tool called, appropriately, the File Exchange Desktop Tool. To access the tool, simply browse from the MATLAB 'Start' button to 'Desktop Tools,' and then to 'File Exchange':

From there, you'll be presented with a standard MATLAB window that will allow you to find and grab files from the Exchange.

Also, be sure to check out this mini video tutorial demonstrating these new capabilities. And be sure to tell us what you think!


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By Brett Shoelson

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4 Responses to “Integrating the File Exchange with the MATLAB Desktop”

  1. Mike Katz replied on October 2nd, 2009 at 14:04 UTC :

    Using this is as easy as 1-2-3. Read about it on the desktop blog: http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/21/the-front-page-of-the-file-exchange-your-desktop/

  2. Brett replied on October 2nd, 2009 at 14:13 UTC :

    Mike, you beat us to the punch blogging about this new feature! Thanks for steering our readers to your informative post. :)

  3. Daniel Armyr replied on October 5th, 2009 at 06:49 UTC :

    Hi.
    I have a question about this integration. The file exchange supportes reuploading new versions of code to perform bugfixes and feature additions. As a user of these files, it would be nice the be made aware of when scripts I use commonly are updated. I therefore wonder if the matlab application can scan the files that have been downloaded for updates?

    –DA

  4. Brett replied on October 6th, 2009 at 19:35 UTC :

    Hi Daniel,
    This page:

    http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/matlab_env/br2yr0m-31.html#br3hm7u-1

    shows you how to determine if a file has been updated, and even how to get notifications when a watched file is modified.

    Cheers,
    Brett

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