wait for process in matlab2014a

Hello How can I force matlab2014a to wait for a EXE process to complete? It used to be possible with "isprocess" in previous versions but it seems like this function does no longer exist in 2014a. Thanks Raphael

[Ben11]

Isn't 'isprocess' a submission from the File Exchange? If so that should work in 2014a I guess.

Isprocess

Answer 1

[per isakson]

See system, Execute operating system command and return output

...

    status = system(command) calls the operating system to execute the
    specified command. The operation waits for the command to finish
    execution before returning the exit status of the command to the
    status variable.

...

    To execute the operating system command in the background, include 
    the trailing character, &, in the command argument (for example, 
    'notepad &' on a Windows platform, or 'emacs &' on UNIX®). The exit
    status is immediately returned to the status variable.

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And like Ben says Isprocess is in the File Exchange

[Image Analyst]

A related item (how to get other processes that are running) is given by the Mathworks Support Team here: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/102372-how-can-i-get-the-process-id-of-the-current-matlab-session-in-matlab-7-5-r2007b

And here's another thing that could be useful in Windows: call up device manager:

% Launch Device Manager.  Use trailing ampersand, otherwise program does not continue until user closes Device Manager.
system('C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.msc &')