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Member of the libraries class.

Syntax

[out2, out3, ...] = calllib(libname, funcname, in1, in2, ...)

[out1, out2, out3, ...] = calllib(libname, funcname, in1, in2, ...)

Description

Calls a function in a shared library. Make sure the shared library uses supported data types.

Details

Examples

Inputs

Name	Description
libname	Specifies the name of the shared library that contains the function you want to call. If you assigned an alias when you loaded the shared library, use the alias for libname. libname is a string.
funcname	Specifies the function you want to call. funcname is a string.
in1, in2, ...	Specify inputs for the function you want to call.

Outputs

Name	Description
out1	Returns the value of the function. If the function does not return a value, LabVIEW returns out2 as the first output.
out2, out3, ...	Return the pointer inputs.

Details

Refer to the MathScript Shared Libraries.lvproj in the labview\examples\MathScript\MathScript Shared Libraries directory for examples of calling shared libraries from MathScript.

Examples

r = [labviewroot '\examples\MathScript\MathScript Shared Libraries']
loadlibrary('myDemo', 'demo', 'includepath', r)
N = 50;
A = peaks(N);
mesh(A)
B = calllib('myDemo', 'DrawStar', A, N, 8);
figure(2)
mesh(B)
unloadlibrary('myDemo')

Related Topics

labviewroot
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libisloaded
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