MATLAB: How to insert a page break in a Matlab Report Generator PDF file

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I am using the Matlab report generator with the DOM object model to programmatically create PDF reports as my script executes. How can I insert a page break to insure that items such as tables appear at the top of the page they are located on

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Hi Stephen,

You can use mlreportgen.dom.PageBreak object or mlreportgen.dom.PageBreakBefore format to insert a page break in a PDF report.

-Rahul

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To use a custom-made Word template, create a new document using the "mlreportgen.dom.Document" constructor and set the "templatePath" property to your DOTX file. Here is the documentation for a Document object:

<https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/mlreportgen.dom.document-class.html>

And here is a simple example using a custom-made template file from MS Word within the MALTAB Report Generator API:

import mlreportgen.dom.*

d = Document('MyWordDoc', 'docx', 'CustomTemplate.dotx'); %assuming template is in same folder; otherwise, specify full path

open(d);

append(d,'Hello World'); % add some text to generate doc

close(d);

rptview(d.OutputPath)

This formatting for headers and footers will disappear if you are adding chapters to the report. To customize chapter page headers, see the following documented examples for creating and editing chapter templates:

<https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/customize-chapter-page-headers-in-pdf-and-word-reports.html>

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To generate a report from a DOM-based document object:

Derive your report class from mlreportgen.dom.Document class, for example

% MyReport.m
class MyReport < mlreportgen.dom.Document
    method
       function rpt = MyReport(name)
          rpt@mlreportgen.dom.Document(name, 'docx', 'MyTemplate');
       end
    end
end

Provide a public fill<HOLEID> method for each hole in your report template, where HOLEID is the name of the hole, for example,

    class MyReport < mlreportgen.dom.Document
        method
           function rpt = MyReport(name)
              rpt@mlreportgen.dom.Document(name, 'docx', 'MyTemplate');
           end
           % This method is called by mlreportgen.dom.Document's fill method.
           % Do not call it yourself.
           function fillReportDate(rpt)
               append(rpt, date);
           end
        end
    end

Create a report program (i.e., script or function) to run the report.
In the report program, create an instance of your report class and call its fill method (inherited from mlreportgen.dom.Document class), for example,

% runMyReport.m
rpt = MyReport('myreport');
fill(rpt);
rptview(rpt.OutputPath);

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