MATLAB: Do I receive the message “MATLAB only supports a screen depth of 16 or higher” when I start MATLAB 7.0.4 (R14SP2) on Windows NT

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When I start MATLAB, I receive the following message:

ERROR: MATLAB only supports a screen depth of 16 or higher (Truecolor.) MATLAB is running in headless mode.  Figure windows will not be displayed.

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This is the expected behavior. MATLAB 7.0.4 (R14SP2) supports a screen depth of 16 or higher.

To work around this issue, set your screen depth to be at least 2^16 (65536) colors. This can be done on a Windows machine from the Display Properties dialog box-> Settings Tab->Color quality drop down box.

For more information regarding MATLAB and OpenGL capable graphics adapter see the "Graphics" section at the following URL:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/matlab-system-requirements.html

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MATLAB: How to set up MATLAB Web Server using Apache as an httpd server on Windows NT

Here are step-by-step instructions on setting up MATLAB Web Server using Apache as the httpd server on Windows NT:

1) Install MATLAB

2) Install MATLAB Web Server

3) Edit matweb.conf in $MATLAB/toolbox/webserver/wsdemos, where $MATLAB refers to the root MATLAB directory.

- Replace all instances of <MATLABSERVER_HOST_NAME> with name of the computer

- Replace all instances of $MATLAB with the actual path to where MATLAB is installed on your system (the root MATLAB directory).

4) Download APACHE web server service. Go to:

http://www.apache.org

- HTTP server

- Click on Apache for Win32

- Apache_1.3.19_win32-no_src-r2.msi (or an updated equivalent)

5) Install APACHE

- Doubleclick on the file

- Options:

1. Network Domain: mathworks.com

2. Server Name: <hostname>.mathworks.com (example: simons.mathworks.com)

3. Administrator's email address: your email address

4. Select Run as a service for All Users

5. Setup Type: Complete

6) Edit HTTPD.CONF

- Located in <Apache Group>\Apache\conf

- Check port number. If necessary, change port to 80 (note, this is different than the 8888 port default that is later described)

- Change ServerAdmin to your email address

- Point all instances of aliases to WSDEMOS (for example, #DocumentRoot "D:/Applications/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs" DocumentRoot D:/Applications/matlabr12/toolbox/webserver/wsdemos")

- ServerAdmin should be your email address. Port should be 80.

7) Restart computer

7a) If MATLAB Server doesn't appear in the Start Menu/Settings/Control Panel/Services, you may need to reinstall MATLAB Web Server after installing Apache. After reinstalling it, you should see a message notifying you that it is being installed as a service, and you will need to restart your computer)

8) Edit matlabserver.conf

- Located in <matlab>/weserver

- Add the following

o p 9999 (or to any unused port number)

9) Edit matweb.conf

- Located in <matlab>/toolbox/webwerver/wsdemos

- Add mlport 9999 (to be the first line in this file)

10) Go to start menu/Programs

- Install Apache service

11) Go to start menu/Settings/Control Panel/Services

- Start Apace service

- Start MATLAB Server

12) Open Internet Explorer

- Type "http://localhost"

- Click on one of the demos

Contact your System Administrator for specific details regarding the Installation.

MATLAB: Do I receive the error “Aborting installation…” when trying to run the MCRInstaller on Windows NT

This bug has been fixed for Release 14 SP1 (R14SP1). For previous releases, please read below for any possible workarounds:

This has been verified as a bug in way that the MCRInstaller handles the installation on a Windows NT machine.

Currently, to work around this issue:

1. Ship the following file along with the MCRInstaller:

$MATLAB\toolbox\compiler\deploy\win32\unzip.exe
(where $MATLAB = the MATLAB root directory on your machine)

2. On the target Windows NT machine, run the MCRInstaller.exe.

Let it fail with the "Aborting installation..." error message.

3. After it fails, copy unzip.exe (from Step 1) to the target installation directory specified in Step 2.

4. Open a DOS command prompt and change to the target installation directory specified in Step 2. You should see the following files:

 _MCRInstaller.exe
 matlab.ico
 mcr_banner.bmp
 mcr_splash.bmp
 unzip.exe

5. Issue the following command from the DOS command prompt:

 unzip  _MCRInstaller.exe

Note that _MCRInstaller.exe and MCRInstaller.exe are two different files. MCRInstaller.exe extracts the _MCRInstaller.exe file at some point during the installation. Be sure that the unzip command is used on the _MCRInstaller.exe file in the target installation directory.

6. Add the following directory to your system path:

$MCRROOT\v70\runtime\win32

where, $MCRROOT = target installation directory specified in Step 2

For example, if you specified the following installtion directory in Step 2:

   D:\Applications\MathWorks\MATLAB Component Runtime

Then,

$MCRROOT = D:\Applications\MathWorks\MATLAB Component Runtime

And you should add the following directory to your system path:

   D:\Applications\MathWorks\MATLAB Component Runtime\v70\runtime\win32

For information on how to add a directory to your system path, see Solution 1-15ZLK: How do I set my system path under Windows?

http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-15ZLK.html?solution=1-15ZLK

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