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== Simple example ==
This example uses the com interface to display the current directory.
  wshell = actxserver ("WScript.Shell");
  wshell.CurrentDirectory
= Documentation =
Documentation and reference for the Windows package is available on [https://octave.sourceforge.io/windows/overview.html Octave forge]
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Revision as of 18:43, 6 August 2019

The windows package is part of the Octave Forge project and provides a COM interface and additional functionality on Windows

Installation

package requirements

This package requires Octave 3.6 or later.

octave installation

The package may already be installed if you are using the mxe-octave based installation of windows.

To verify, from octave commmand line:

>> pkg install list windows 


To install from octave commmand line:

>> pkg install -forge windows

Using it

Load it before any usage:

>> pkg load windows


Simple example

This example uses the com interface to display the current directory.

 wshell = actxserver ("WScript.Shell");
 wshell.CurrentDirectory


Documentation

Documentation and reference for the Windows package is available on Octave forge