MATLAB: How to print a figure in a dotx template using report generator

Question

I'm trying to create a report based on a dotx template (word 365) using Report generator. I'm creating the template using the develepor tool in word.

However I'm not able to "print" a figure.

First i tried

Sample = figure('Name','Sample'); plot(0:10,0:10);
import mlreportgen.dom.*; import  mlreportgen.report.*;
D = Document('FromTemplate','docx','template.dotx');
open(D);
moveToNextHole(D);
T = Text("This is Sample!");
T.Bold = true;
append(D,T);
% First solution below
MoveToNextHole(D);
append(D,Figure('Sample'));
close(D);

resulting in:

[1×1 mlreportgen.report.Figure]

Second "solution"

I'm able to convert the figure to a picture, but it doesn't scale itself to the template. This causes the image to be far larger than the page and impossible to integrate in report layout. See example below.

moveToNextHole(D);
print(Sample,'-djpeg','Sample');
img = Image('Sample.jpg');
append(D, img);
close(D);

I'm properly using the wrong methods, but for some reason I havent been able to find anything of the subject online. Hopefully someone here can help.

Kind regards

Answer 1

Hi Kenneth,

Report Generator provides 2 set of objects: DOM API objects and Report API objects. To know more about them, see https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/what-is-a-reporter.html

You can add both DOM and Reporter objects to a Report API Report, but you can only add DOM API objects to a Document. So, in your first example, in order to add the Figure reporter object, you should use a Report as the container instead of the Document.

Regarding your second solution, you can use mlreportgen.dom.ScaleToFit format to scale this image to fit the page boundaries.

Thanks,

Rahul