is it possible to run two programs at the same time?

i want to display the real time graph and also i need to record at the same time, i have two different programs for these, is it possible to display real time and also to record?

Answer 1

[per isakson]

See my question Is it a good idea to run Matlab in the "background" as a local out-of-process COM server?

The FEX-contribution Multicore - Parallel processing on multiple cores and other FEX-contribution might help you.

"[...] at the same time" is possible to mimic in one Matlab session. Provide more detail.