How to include .mat files in a compiled standalone application?

I am trying to compile an app I've built in the App Designer as a standalone executable. The program includes a large set of .mat files that contain data that is loaded into the program for calculations. Right now, the files are all stored in a folder within the workspace and loaded via their filenames and the "dir" and "load" commands. However, when I try to export the program as a standalone, it is unable to load the files. I restructured it so that all of the files are included under "Files required for your application to run", but it seems this isn't enough for it to find the files. How do I locate files stored within the compiled program?

[Ethan Narad]

UPDATE: I figured it out; when packaging, there's also a category called "Files installed for your end user" in which I also needed to add in the files.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Use the -a option to specify the full path of the MAT files you'd like built in to the executable.

mcc -m myProgram.m -a 'c:\my work\my mat file.m';

[Cody Brown]

Where in the .mlap file, or in the .prj file that compiles the .mlap, would you place this function?