How can I use COM functions with MAC

Dear all,

I have a Mac OS 10.8.5 and Matlab 2013b. I need to use the function actxserver which is a function of the Matlab COM interface. However, it is written that COM functions are available on Microsoft Windows® systems only. How can I overcome this problem ?

I really hope there is a solution.

Thank you

Léa

[Guillaume]

You can't overcome the problem. This is not a matlab decision. COM is Microsoft technology, it is only available on Windows.

If you really need COM on OSX you'll need to run matlab in a virtual machine (parallel, virtualbox, VMWare, etc.) running Windows together with your COM server.

What do you need COM for? Possibly there is something equivalent for Macs.

[Giuseppe Coppola]

Hi Guillaume,

i have the same problem of Léa, i nedd to run an alternative function of actxserver to read input data from the space mouse selled by 3dconnexion. When i run my code in matlab i have this error:

Error using actxserver (line 93)
Server creation failed. Invalid ProgID 'TDxInput.Device'.

Error in mouse3Ddrv (line 22)
            obj.SpaceNav = actxserver('TDxInput.Device');  

Can you help me please?

Thank you

Coppola Donato