how do i make EXE file to read the excel file?

I have packed an m-file which is reading an excel file. after copying the EXE together with the excel file to a folder, the exe does not seem to read the variables off the excel file in the same folder. how can i solve that? Thanks

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Programs that are compiled with MATLAB Compiler do not use the directory of the .exe as their default directory. Instead, they create a temporary directory and expand the archive into that and run from that temporary directory.

https://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2008/08/11/path-management-in-deployed-applications/

[Bahareh Iranmehr]

Thanks for your comment. I am pretty new to matlab. how can I make it use the same directory as I want to share it with non matlab users?

[Walter Roberson]

See https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/92949-how-can-i-find-the-directory-containing-my-compiled-application#answer_102298