App Designer-Can I use the Report Generator Add-on with App Designer?

I want to have a button in my app that launches the report generator. Is that possible? How would I do it?

I attached the app I'm working on if that is helpful. And I do have the report generator add-on.

Answer 1

[Thibault MARIN]

Hi, getting the report generator to start with app designer is easy :

function Midterm_reportButtonPushed(app,event)
report MIDTERM_report;

The hard part is to get the report to get values (variables, figures) from the app. I'm still looking for answers to that one. Sorry, I'm not being very helpful, but this it mainly to be able to keep an eye on other answers to your question!

Please let me know if you find a solution.

[Paul Kinnucan]

You can put the report generation code in a callback to a button on your app. For example, you could add a Report button to your app and then generate the report in the callback. If you have R2017b or later, you should use the Report API in the callback. For earlier releases, use the DOM API. Here is a skeleton callback based on the Report API.

function ReportButtonPushed(app, event)

import mlreportgen.report.*
rpt = Report('Midterm Report', 'docx')
add(rpt, TitlePage('Title', 'Midterm Report'));
add(rpt, TableOfContents);
ch = Chapter('Title', 'Surfaces');
walls = {{'Wall 1 Length: ', app.Wall1Length.Value} ...
         {'Wall 2 Length: ', app.wall2Length.Value}}'
add(ch, BaseTable('Title', 'Wall Data', 'Content', walls));
add(rpt, ch);
close(rpt);
rptview(rpt.OutputPath);
end

[Rachael Cowell]

I figured it would be something simple like that, I've just been having trouble finding things specific to App Designer. Thanks!

Answer 2

[Zacyatta]

I'm having this similar problem, and I have my report generator code in the callback. It works when I use the app in matlab, BUT the code isn't working when I compile the app into an executable. I've even commented out my code so only one chapter will appear, referenced the data from the GUI using the handles object to the callback.

[Vijay A]

hey is your report generator working well in exe file, are you getting a chapter output in exe stand alone file, have you figured out this issue

[YG W]

I have also encountered this problem. Have you solved it?

Answer 3

[Zacyatta]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/393008-how-do-i-add-a-handles-axes-figure-into-a-html-report-programatically

Answer 4

[Zacyatta]

I answered you question myself in another thread. Now I'm stuck with an app not working when compiled into an executable.