Introduction

The Octave Windows package provides COM interface and additional functionality on Windows for GNU Octave.

Requirements

• Octave >= 3.6.0+

• Microsoft Windows, or wine.

Installing

To install, run the octave package manager:

1. If running Windows, the package may already be installed:

pkg list windows

1. To install from source forge:
   pkg install -forge windows

2. To install from a local tarball.
   pkg install windows-XXXXXXX.tar.gz
   Where XXXXXXX is the version of the the downloaded tarball.

Usage:

1. Load the package.
   pkg load windows
   (Required each time Octave is started)

2. Type help actxserver to provide a starting place for creating a COM object.

Documentation

See the function list for octave-windows on octave forge for function documentation.

See the online manual for octave-windows on octave forge for complete documentation.

Read the Octave Octave windows package wiki for install tips and examples.

Known limitations and bugs

Currenty package does not support user data types.