mlreportgen.dom.Document class

Package: mlreportgen.dom

Document container

Description

Use an object of the mlreportgen.dom.Document class to represent a Document Object Model (DOM) document. Use Document object properties to specify:

• Whether to generate an HTML, Microsoft^® Word, or PDF document

• Where and how to store the generated document

• The template to use to format the document

The mlreportgen.dom.Document class is a handle class.

Class Attributes

ConstructOnLoad	true
HandleCompatible	true

For information on class attributes, see Class Attributes.

Creation

Description

documentObj = mlreportgen.dom.Document() creates a Document object with default property values, which specify an output file named Untitled.htmx in the current folder, using the default HTML template.

documentObj = mlreportgen.dom.Document(outputPath) specifies the path and name of the output file and sets the OutputPath property to outputPath.

documentObj = mlreportgen.dom.Document(outputPath,type) also specifies the output type and sets the Type property to type.

documentObj = mlreportgen.dom.Document(outputPath,type,templatePath) also specifies the path and name of the template file and sets the TemplatePath property to templatePath.

Properties

OutputPath — Path and name of output file or folder for this document

string scalar | character vector

Path and name of the output file or folder for this document, specified as a string scalar or character vector. You can specify an absolute path or a path relative to the current folder. You can set this property only before opening the document.

The default value is the path of a file or folder named untitled in the current folder. If OutputPath specifies a file and you do not specify the file extension, the DOM API adds an extension based on the Type property.

Whether OutputPath specifies the path of a file or folder depends on the value of the PackageType property, as shown in the table.

PackageType	OutputPath Value
"zipped" or "single-file"	Path and name of ZIP file or single file
"unzipped"	Folder for the unzipped files
"both"	Path and name of ZIP file and folder for the unzipped files

Note

Generating a PDF report on a cloud drive, such as MATLAB^® Drive™, can result in an error that is caused by file contention between the report generation software and the cloud drive synchronization software. To avoid this error, generate reports on a local drive that does not synchronize with the cloud. Consider writing a script that generates a report on a local drive and then copies the report to the cloud drive.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

PackageType — Packaging for generated files

"zipped" | "unzipped" | "both" | "single-file"

Packaging used for the generated files, specified as one of the values in the table. You can specify PackageType as a string scalar or character vector.

Value	Supported Report Types	Description
"zipped"	"docx"or "html"	Generates the report as a ZIP file at the location specified by the OutputPath property. The ZIP file has an extension that matches the document type (.docx for Word output or .htmx for HTML output.) For example, if the document Type is docx and OutputPath is s:\docs\MyDoc, the output is packaged in a ZIP file named s:\docs\MyDoc.docx.
"unzipped"	"docx" or "html"	Generates the report as separate files in a folder that has the file name of the OutputPath property. For example, if the OutputPath is s:\docs\MyDoc, the output folder is s:\docs\MyDoc.
"both"	"docx" or "html"	Generates zipped and unzipped outputs.
"single-file"	"pdf" or "html-file"	Generates the report as a single file.

To generate an HTML report that you can open without unzipping, set Type to "html" and PackageType to "unzipped" or "both". In the folder that contains the generated files, open the root.html file.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

ForceOverwrite — Whether to overwrite existing output file

true (default) | false

Whether to overwrite an existing output file, specified as true or false. Set this property to true to overwrite an existing output file with the same name. If this property is false and a writable file with the same name exists, closing this document causes an error. If the existing file is read-only, closing this document causes an error regardless of this property setting.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

StreamOutput — Option to stream output to disk

false (default) | true

Option to stream the output to disk, specified as true or false. By default, document elements are stored in memory until the document is closed. Set this property to true to write the document elements to disk as the elements are appended to the document.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

TitleBarText — Text for HTML browser title bar

string scalar | character vector

Text for the HTML browser title bar, specified as a string scalar or character vector. For HTML documents, this property specifies the text that appears in the title bar of the browser used to display this document. Word and PDF documents ignore this property.

Set this property before opening the document.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

HTMLHeadExt — Custom content for HTML header

string scalar | character vector

Custom content for the HTML header, specified as a string scalar or character vector. The value of this property is appended to the <head> element of this document after the content specified by the head section of the document template. Set this property only before opening the document.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

TemplatePath — Path of template to use

string scalar | character vector

Full path of the template to use, specified as a string scalar or character vector.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Type — Type of output

"html" (default) | "docx" | "pdf" | "html-file"

Type of output, specified as one of these string scalars or character vectors:

• "html" — HTML output packaged as a zipped or unzipped folder that contains the HTML document text, image, style sheet, and JavaScript^® files

• "docx" — Word output

• "pdf" — PDF output

• "html-file" — A single HTML file that contains the text, style sheets, JavaScript, and images for the report

If you specify a template using the TemplatePath property, the template must be consistent with the Type argument. You must specify a template with a Word template extension (.dotx) for Word output, an HTML template package extension (.htmtx) for HTML output, a PDF template package extension (.pdftx) for PDF output, and a single-file HTML template extension (.htmt) for html-file output.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

CurrentHoleId — ID of current hole in document

character vector

ID of the current hole in the document, specified as a character vector.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private
Transient	true
NonCopyable	true

CurrentHoleType — Type of current hole

'Inline' | 'Block'

Type of the current template hole, specified as 'Inline' or 'Block'.

• An inline hole is for document elements that a paragraph element can contain: Text, Image, LinkTarget, ExternalLink, InternalLink, CharEntity, or AutoNumber.

• A block hole can contain a Paragraph, Table, OrderedList, UnorderedList, DocumentPart, or Group element.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private
Transient	true
NonCopyable	true

CurrentPageLayout — Current page layout of this document

mlreportgen.dom.DOCXPageLayout object | mlreportgen.dom.PDFPageLayout object | []

Current page layout of this document, specified as an mlreportgen.dom.DOCXPageLayout object, mlreportgen.dom.PDFPageLayout object, or []. This property applies to Word and PDF documents. For Word documents, the value is a DOCXPageLayout object that specifies the current page layout. For PDF documents, the value is a PDFPageLayout object if the document currently specifies a page layout. For HTML documents, the value is always [].

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private
Transient	true
NonCopyable	true

OpenStatus — Open status of document

'unopened' (default) | 'open' | 'closed'

Open status of this document, specified as 'unopened', 'open', or 'closed'.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private
Transient	true
NonCopyable	true

Parent — Parent of this DOM API object

DOM API object

Parent of this DOM API object, specified as a DOM API object.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private
Transient	true
NonCopyable	true

Children — Children of this DOM API object

array of DOM API objects

Children of this DOM API object, specified as an array of DOM API objects.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private
Transient	true
NonCopyable	true

Tag — Tag for this DOM API object

character vector | string scalar

Tag for this DOM API object, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

The DOM generates a session-unique tag as part of the creation of this object. The generated tag has the form CLASS:ID, where CLASS is the object class and ID is the value of the Id property of the object. Specifying your own tag value can help you to identify where an issue occurred during document generation.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Id — ID for this DOM API object

character vector | string scalar

ID for this DOM API object, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The DOM generates a session-unique ID when it creates the document element. You can specify your own ID.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Methods

Public Methods

addHTML	Append HTML string to document
addHTMLFile	Append HTML file contents to document
append	Append DOM or MATLAB object to document
close	Close document
createAutoNumberStream	Create numbering stream
mlreportgen.dom.Document.createTemplate	Create DOM template file
fill	Fill document holes with generated content
getAutoNumberStream	Return numbering stream
mlreportgen.dom.Document.getCoreProperties	Get document or template core properties
mlreportgen.dom.Document.getImageDirectory	Get image folder of document
mlreportgen.dom.Document.getImagePrefix	Get generated image name prefix
getMainPartPath	Return path of main part of document output package
mlreportgen.dom.Document.getOPCMainPart	Return main part of document, document part, or template
moveToNextHole	Move document append point to next template hole
open	Open document
package	Add OPC part files to document package
mlreportgen.dom.Document.setCoreProperties	Set OPC core properties of output document or template

Examples

Create a Word Document

Create a Word document, add content, and view the report in Word.

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
d = Document("mydoc","docx");

append(d,"Hello World");

close(d);
rptview(d);

Create an HTML Document as a Single File

Create an HTML document as a single HTML file that includes an image. The example assumes that there is a MyImage.jpg file and a myHTMLTemplate.htmt HTML template file.

Create a document whose output is a single HTML file and uses the template myHTMLTemplate. Add text and an image to the report. Close and view the document.

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
d = Document("mydoc","html-file","myHTMLTemplate.htmt"); 
open(d); 

append(d,"Hello world"); 
append(d,Image("C:/images/LocalSystem/MyImage.jpg"));

close(d); 
rptview(d); 

Version History

Introduced in R2014b