how to run .exe file in matlab
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can anyone plz tell me how to run .exe file in matlab regards
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Drew Weymouth
on 11 Nov 2011
The built in function system(command) will execute the given command (a string) in a windows command prompt. So you might have system('"myexe.exe" arg0 arg1') where myexe.exe is the file you want to run, and arg0 and arg1 are input arguments (strings) to that exe. Type help system in the MATLAB command window for more details.
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Joao
on 28 Sep 2017
And how can one evaluate when the executable finishes running/windows command prompt is closed? I've tried [status output]=system(command), but with no luck for running executables.
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Walter Roberson
on 28 Sep 2017
If you do not add & to the end of the command line, then executables that are set up to run as Windows command line executables will not return from system() until they have completed.
However, if you have added & to the end of the command line, or you are using an .exe that is configured to run as an "application", then the return will be as soon as initialization has finished, and there is no notification to MATLAB of when the executable terminates. In such a situation, to figure out whether the executable is still executing you would need to use taskmgr on MS Windows.
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