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Installation Instructions

Configuration file
GUI scaling
Define Java Heap space

MIB stores its configuration parameters:

MIB 2.60 and newer:

Windows in C:\Users\Username\MATLAB\mib.mat or the second choice in the Windows TEMP directory C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp\
MacOs in /Users/username/MATLAB or the second choice the local TEMP directory
Linux in /home/username/MATLAB or the second choice the local TEMP directory

MIB 2.52 and older:

Windows in c:\temp\im_browser.mat or when c:\temp is not available then the configuration parameters can be found in C:\Users\User-name\AppData\Local\Temp\im_browser.mat
Linux in the script directory or in the local tmp directory (/tmp)

The configuration file is automatically created after closing of MIB.
If MIB does not start check MATLAB path and/or delete c:\temp\im_browser.mat file.

GUI scaling of MIB (MIB 2 only)

[Windows] When using large system fonts, adjust the system scaling factor:
MIB->Menu->File->Preferences->User interface tweaks->GUI scaling->Operating system scaling factor
For example, if the font size is Medium, set the scaling factor to 1.25

How to modify system scaling settings

[MacOS, Linux] If the size of GUI is not optimal it can be tweaked from the GUI scaling dialog:
MIB->Menu->File->Preferences->User interface tweaks->GUI scaling
- The user interface can look not optimal on high density screens, for example, fonts and panels can be too small for comfortable work
- This can be fixed from the Preferences window (Menu->File->Preferences->GUI Scaling)
- Please provide a scaling factor to increase size of GUI widgets
- You can use the Font size edit boxes to increase the size of fonts:
- Sometimes, some widgets of GUI are rescaled wrongly, as the tables in the following image
- Scaling of individual widgets can be turned on and off in the GUI scaling dialog
- The look of the user interface after scaling

Define Java Heap space

				Java exception occurred:

				java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

Java exception occurred:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

MIB under MATLAB environment

Open MATLAB preferences

Start MATLAB preferences dialog
Navigate to
MATLAB->General->Java Heap Memory
Java Heap Memory settings
Use the slider to increase Java Heap size to the desired value
Press OK and restart MATLAB

Standalone MIB

Navigate to
C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Temp\[USERNAME]\mcrCache[MATLAB_VERSION]\MIB_e30\.matlab\
where
[USERNAME] is the name of the current user
[MATLAB_VERSION] is a numeric MATLAB version (for example, mcrCache9.11)
Open matlab.prf for editing
Modify JavaMemHeapMax=Ixxxx to a desired value, where xxxx should be replaced with new desired memory allocation value in Mb
Save the file
Restart MIB

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MIB under MATLAB environment

Standalone MIB