Using MATLAB's diary function in an executable (MATLAB Application Compliler Toolbox)

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I've created a code that will be run as an executable. However, the running of an executable has an error that doesn't exist in the MATLAB scripts. Trying to document this, I ran across the "diary" command which seems like an appropriate way of logging the error. Command: diary('LogFile.txt')

However, when running the compiled version, I immediately get a pop up error: LogFile.txt: Cannot open file: permission denied.

I'm getting a bit flummuxed as it appears to be having trouble writing to its own folder. Should I be trying to store to C:\Users, or is there some other glitch I'm running into?

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Typical location for logfiles on windows OS is a subfolder of getenv('appdata'). Try it, writing should be possible. - Daniel

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Thanks a lot to 'Daniel' for his suggestion of getenv('appdata'). I would add that my path was ..\AppData\Roaming\ so I would suggest a way of viewing the location of the log file in your gui just to be sure you can find (or that others using your app can find it). Thanks!