Visual version of the "beep" command

I'm looking for a command, kind of like "beep", that will notify me when it runs. However, I want something visual instead of audible.

Ideally, something that flashes the Matlab taskbar icon orange would be great, but I'm open for anything.

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

h = msgbox('Done');
pause(2)
delete(h)

[Patrick Aoun]

Well, that certainly does the job thanks!