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I want to write a .NET program calling Mathematica as a computing engine. But here is a problem that argument a1 is not a constant and its value depends on `a1=str1+str2`. There is a mathematica function(fun1) I need to call and the argument of fun1...
I have written a .NET program with VB which will call mathematica kernel when it be implemented. So, when the program run, there will be an icon of mathematica kernel on the taskbar. How can I modify my code to hide the icon?
I am writting a win32 program with VB.NET which need to get some values from Mathematica. I use the sample program in Mathematica and write the code like this: Imports System Imports Wolfram.NETLink Public Class Form1 ...