How do I detect whether the MATLAB instance being used has a command line interface?

Examples of instances that don't have a command line would be code called through the MATLAB Engine, and compiled applications.

Answer 1

[Kaustubha Govind]

For compiled applications, you can check isdeployed.

[Oliver Woodford]

What does isdeployed return when being called from a C++ program through the MATLAB engine?

[Kaustubha Govind]

It should return false - there might be something else you can check for MATLAB Engine calls, but I don't know how.

[Kaustubha Govind]

I wonder if trying to get the Java IDE instance as described in the solution here might provide a direction: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1924286/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-title-of-the-matlab-command-window. You will probably get an empty object?