Octave Interfacing Options

[David Nepomuceno]

I'm new to Octave.  My assignment is to display a graph from a .NET app (C#) and I am considering using Octave.  I'm thinking of simply doing the following:

 

      - Have the C# code build an octave script and save it into a .m file.

      - Have the C# code run Octave with the .m file as argument (can this be done?).

        The script would probably follow this outline:

           > Set up matrix of input values

           > Invoke octave function or script with matrix as argument

           > Plot

 

Can you suggest a better way to accomplish this?  Can I do it by talking to Octave directly (not via a .m script file)?  I searched the archives and I saw something about an Octave compiler that might help.