Why does the ACTXSERVER function fail on the valid COM server TLI.TLIApplication?

Why does the ACTXSERVER function fail on the valid COM server TLI.TLIApplication?

I get the following error when I try to create an ActiveX automation server in MATLAB:

h = actxserver('TLI.TLIApplication')

 ??? TLI.TLIApplication : No such interface supported

 Error in ==> F:\MATLAB6p1\toolbox\matlab\winfun\@activex\private\actxcli.dll

 Error in ==> F:\MATLAB6p1\toolbox\matlab\winfun\@activex\activex.m

 On line 17  ==> h.Handle=actxcli(varargin{:});

 Error in ==> F:\MATLAB6p1\toolbox\matlab\winfun\actxserver.m

 On line 15  ==> h=activex('server',varargin{:});

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This bug has been fixed for Release 14 (R14). For previous releases, please read below for any possible workarounds:

This issue has been forwarded to our development staff for further investigation.

A workaround that one of our customers reported is to create an activeX server that has a method that returns TLI.TLIApplication. The following code snippet illustrates doing this with Visual Basic:

In Visual Basic:

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Public Function TLIApp() As Object

      Set TLIApp = CreateObject("TLI.TLIApplication")

End Function

Then, in Matlab:

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h = actxserver('MLHelperObjects.TLIAppObject')

 h = 

 activex object: 1-by-1

hh = invoke(h,'TLIApp')

 hh = 

 activex object: 1-by-1

PLEASE NOTE The above workaround has not been fully qualified by MathWorks and, therefore, we do not officially support it.