When the MATLAB® Compiler SDK™ product creates a component, it automatically generates a binary file called a type library. As a final step of the build, this file is bound with the resulting DLL as a resource.
MATLAB Compiler SDK COM components are all self-registering.
A self-registering
component contains all the necessary code to add or remove a full
description of itself to or from the system registry. The mwregsvr utility,
distributed with theMATLAB Runtime, registers self-registering
DLLs. For example, to register a component called mycomponent_1_0.dll,
issue this command at the DOS command prompt:
mwregsvr mycomponent_1_0.dll
When mwregsvr completes the registration
process, it displays a message indicating success or failure. Similarly,
the command
mwregsvr /u mycomponent_1_0.dll
unregisters the component.
A component installed onto a particular machine must be registered
with mwregsvr. If you move a component into a different
folder on the same machine, you must repeat the registration process.
When deleting a component from a specific machine, first unregister it
to ensure that the registry does not retain erroneous information.
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Information is stored in the registry as keys with one or more associated named values. The keys themselves have values of primarily two types: readable strings and GUIDs. (GUID is an acronym for Globally Unique Identifier, a 128-bit integer guaranteed always to be unique.)
The compiler automatically generates GUIDs for COM classes, interfaces, and type libraries that are defined within a component at build time, and codes these keys into the component's self-registration code.
The interface to the system registry is folder based. COM-related
information is stored under a top-level key called HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT are several other keys
under which the compiler writes component information.
Caution
Do not delete the DLL-file in your project's |
See the following table for a list of the keys and their definitions.
| Key | Definition |
|---|---|
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID | Information about COM classes on the system. Each component
creates a new key under |
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface | Information about COM interfaces on the system. Each
component creates a new key under |
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib | Information about type libraries on the system. Each component creates a key for its type library with the value of the GUID assigned to it. Under this key a new key is created for each version of the type library. Therefore, new versions of type libraries with the same name reuse the original GUID but create a new subkey for the new version. |
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\<ProgID>, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\<VerIndProgID> | These two keys are created for the component's Program
ID and Version Independent Program ID. These keys are constructed
from strings of the following forms: |
MATLAB Compiler SDK components support a simple versioning mechanism designed to make building and deploying multiple versions of the same component easy to implement. The version number of a component appears as part of the DLL name, as well as part of the version-dependent ID in the system registry.
When a component is created, you can specify a version number. (The default is 1.0.) During the development of a specific version of a component, the version number should be kept constant. When this is done, the MATLAB Compiler SDK product, in certain cases, reuses type library, class, and interface GUIDs for each subsequent build of the component. This avoids the creation of an excessive number of registry keys for the same component during multiple builds, as occurs if new GUIDs are generated for each build.
When a new version number is introduced, MATLAB Compiler SDK generates new class and interface GUIDs so that the system recognizes them as distinct from previous versions, even if the class name is the same. Therefore, once you deploy a built component, use a new version number for any changes made to the component. This ensures that after you deploy the new component, it is easy to manage the two versions.
MATLAB Compiler SDK implements the versioning rules for a specific component name, class name, and version number by querying the system registry for an existing component with the same name:
If an existing component has the same version, it uses the GUID of the existing component's type library. If the name of the new class matches the previous version, it reuses the class and interface GUIDs. If the class names do not match, it generates new GUIDs for the new class and interface.
If it finds an existing component with a different version, it uses the existing type library GUID and creates a new subkey for the new version number. It generates new GUIDs for the new class and interface.
If it does not find an existing component of the specified name, it generates new GUIDs for the component's type library, class, and interface.