How can I include a version resource file in a MEX function on Windows?

I am using MATLAB on Windows and am creating a MEX-file. Since a MEX-file is a shared library, I would like to be able to include version information in the MEX-file in the same way that I do with other DLLs, that is using a resource file.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

It is possible to add a version resource to a MEX-file. Below are the general steps.

1) Create a compiled version resource file (.res). This can be done using Microsoft Visual Studio's resource compiler (RC) which will compile a resource script (.rc). One easy way to do this is to create a version resource file in a dummy win32 shared library project.

If you need help creating a compiled version resource please refer to the Microsoft Visual Studio documentation at

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/

2) Compile the MEX file and include the resource file created in step 1. For example, if you have a compiled resource file version.res the following command will link it to the MEX-file.

mex yprime.c version.res

Note that you need to use the compiled resource file in order to link it to a MEX-file.