You're in luck. I just happen to have the code, though I've just tested it on Powerpoint, not the slide show version of it. You can find the process name by typing control-shift-Esc.
% find_running_process.m
% Finds out if a process is running.
% Let's you monitor the process until it shutsdown.
clc; % Clear the command window.
workspace; % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format long g;
format compact;
% Execute the system command
% tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq Powerpnt.exe"
% First define the name of the program we're looking for.
% You can run it then execute "tasklist" in a
% CMD console window if you don't know the exact name.
taskToLookFor = 'Powerpnt.exe';
% Now make up the command line with the proper argument
% that will find only the process we are looking for.
commandLine = sprintf('tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq %s"', taskToLookFor)
% Now execute that command line and accept the result into "result".
[status result] = system(commandLine)
% Look for our program's name in the result variable.
itIsRunning = strfind(lower(result), lower(taskToLookFor))
if itIsRunning
message = sprintf('%s is running.', taskToLookFor);
else
message = sprintf('%s is not running.', taskToLookFor);
end
uiwait(helpdlg(message));
message = sprintf('Do you want to monitor it until it finishes?');
button = questdlg(message, 'Wait for shutdown?', 'Yes', 'No', 'Yes');
drawnow; % Refresh screen to get rid of dialog box remnants.
if strcmpi(button, 'No')
return;
end
% Go into a loop waiting for it to finish.
maxChecks = 10; % Max seconds to wait before exiting - a failsafe.
numberOfChecks = 1;
while itIsRunning && numberOfChecks < maxChecks
% Now execute that command line and accept the result into "result".
[status result] = system(commandLine);
% Look for our program's name in the result variable.
itIsRunning = strfind(lower(result), lower(taskToLookFor));
if itIsRunning
message = sprintf('%s is still running after %d seconds.\n',...
taskToLookFor, numberOfChecks);
fprintf('%s', message);
else
message = sprintf('%s is not running anymore.\n', taskToLookFor);
fprintf('%s', message);
uiwait(helpdlg(message));
break; % Exit loop.
end
pause(1); % Wait a second before checking again.
numberOfChecks = numberOfChecks + 1;
end
msgbox('Done with demo!');
