actxcontrollist

(Removed) List currently installed Microsoft ActiveX controls

actxcontrollist has been removed. For more information on updating your code, see Version History.

Syntax

info = actxcontrollist

Description

info = actxcontrollist returns a list of controls

Output Arguments

info — Information

cell array of character vectors

Information specified as a 1-by-3 cell array of character vectors containing the name, programmatic identifier (ProgID), and file name for the control. Each control has one row, which MATLAB^® sorts by file name.

Limitations

• COM functions are available only on Microsoft^® Windows^® systems.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

R2025a: Removed

The actxcontrollist function has been removed.

For app development using App Designer, update your code to use alternate functionality. For a list of functionality that you can use instead, see Recommendations for MATLAB Apps Using Java & ActiveX.

R2019b: To be removed

The actxcontrollist function issues a warning that it will be removed in a future release.