Question

I am trying to use a function called edfImport (available here: http://kobi.nat.uni-magdeburg.de/edfImport)

In order to use the function, I must first run edfCompile (included in the toolkit). When running edfCompile, I get an error:

??? Error using ==> mex
Unable to complete successfully

I am running MATLAB 7.1 (R14) and have the latest version of MinGW, Cygwin and Gnumex setup for my compiler (according to the instructions on this page: http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII/ptII4.0/cygwin.htm)

I am able to compile example mex files, but I’m still not convinced that this isn’t an issue with the way my compiler is setup. Any tips gratefully received. It would be nice to know if anyone else has trouble running edfCompile as well… (http://kobi.nat.uni-magdeburg.de/edfImport)

Many thanks

Edit: The error message in full:

In file included from edfMexImport.cpp:6:0: 
EDFFile2.h:37:39: error: 'mwSize' has not been declared 
EDFFile2.h:127:45: error: 'mwIndex' has not been declared 
edfMexImport.cpp: In function 'void mexFunction(int, mxArray**, int, const mxArray**)': 
edfMexImport.cpp:12:3: error: 'mwSize' was not declared in this scope 
edfMexImport.cpp:12:10: error: expected ';' before 'OutputDims' 
edfMexImport.cpp:48:12: error: expected ';' before 'OptionsDimN' 
edfMexImport.cpp:49:9: error: 'OptionsDimN' was not declared in this scope 
edfMexImport.cpp:51:13: error: 'OptionsDim' was not declared in this scope 
edfMexImport.cpp:51:33: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token 
edfMexImport.cpp:51:34: error: expected ';' before 'mxGetDimensions' 
edfMexImport.cpp:73:12: error: expected ';' before 'FlagsDimN' 
edfMexImport.cpp:74:9: error: 'FlagsDimN' was not declared in this scope 
edfMexImport.cpp:76:13: error: 'FlagsDim' was not declared in this scope 
edfMexImport.cpp:76:31: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token 
edfMexImport.cpp:76:32: error: expected ';' before 'mxGetDimensions' 

C:\PROGRAM FILES\MATLAB71\BIN\MEX.PL: Error: Compile of 'edfMexImport.cpp' failed. 

??? Error using ==> mex
Unable to complete successfully

Error in ==> edfCompile at 15
eval(sprintf('mex -I''%s'' edfMexImport.cpp EDFFILE2.cpp ''%s/edfapi.lib''', edfapiIncludesFolder, edfapiLibraryFolder));

Answer 1

It looks like some type definitions are missing, particularly the mwSize and mwIndex type.
Can you add the following to EDFFile2.h and try again?

just below

#include "edf.h"
#include <mex.h>

add this:

#ifndef mwSize
    #define mwSize int
#endif

#ifndef mwIndex
    #define mwIndex int
#endif