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Install the .NET assembly and the MATLAB Runtime.

The assembly and the MATLAB Runtime are both installed by the Library Compiler app. The installer is located in the for_redistribution folder of your deployment project. The installer places the .NET assembly on your computer and automatically installs the MATLAB Runtime from the Web, if you do not already have the MATLAB Runtime installed on your system.

You can also download the MATLAB Runtime installer from http://www.mathworks.com/products/compiler/mcr. The generated shared libraries and support files are located in the MATLAB deployment project's for_testing folder.

Open Microsoft^® Visual Studio^®.

Create a new project.

For this example create a C# Console Application called MainApp.

Create a reference to your assembly file MagicSquareComp.dll.

The assembly is located in the application folder created where you installed the component.

Create a reference to the MWArray API. The location of the API within MATLAB Runtime is:

C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Runtime\v##\toolbox\dotnetbuilder\bin\win64\version\MWArray.dll

Go to Build > Configuration Manager... and change the platform from Any CPU to x64.

Copy the following C# code into the project and save it.

// Make .NET Namespaces available to your generated component.
using System;

using MagicSquareComp;
using MathWorks.MATLAB.NET.Arrays;


// Initialize your classes before you use them.
namespace MainApp
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      MLTestClass obj = null;
      MWNumericArray input = null;
      MWNumericArray output = null;
      MWArray[] result = null;

      // Because class instantiation and method invocation make their exceptions at run time,
      // you should enclose your code in a try-catch block to handle errors.
      try
      {
        // Instantiate your component class.
        obj = new MLTestClass();

        // Invoke your component.
        input = 5;
        result = obj.makesquare(1, input);

        // Extract the Magic Square you created from the first index of result
        output = (MWNumericArray)result[0];
        
        // print the output.
        Console.WriteLine(output);
      }
      catch
      {
        throw;
      }
   }
  }
}

After you finish writing your code, build and run it with Microsoft Visual Studio.