Is there a way to retrieve MATLAB busy status from a C# application

I am developing an application that determines matlab is idle for some time. I do this by calculating cpu times for now. I wonder if there is a way to retrieve matlab busy status (running a script) from my external c# application.

Thanks.

Answer 1

[Jan]

The direct solution is to let the Matlab script trigger this:

function SetBusyFlag(ScriptName)
FlagFile = fullfile(tempdir, 'MatlabIsBusy.flag');
[fid, msg] = fopen(FlagFile, 'W');
assert(fid > 0, msg);
fclose(fid);

run(ScriptName);

delete(FlagFile);
end

As long as the flag file is existing, the script is still running.

[Can Dogu]

Thanks for your reply. I understand that i cannot get busy flag from outside of matlab am i right?

[Can Dogu]

Actually i need and idle detector for my company users. I run a windows service that determines if specific matlab instance is idle or not by calculating its cpu usage for now. I want to convert this method to retrieve its busy flag by asking matlab instance. Is this possible?

Thanks.