MATLAB: Is it possible to mention in the documentation the requirements for a Subsystem to appear correctly in the Simulink Library Browser

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I am looking for something in the documentation that states that certain Mask properties for a subsystem needs to be defined in order for it to appear correctly in the Simulink Library Browser.

When I created a Masked Subsystem, dragged it into a library and saved the library, my subsystem appears as if it were a library in the Library Browser and displays its contents on the right pane. However, when I added some text to the "Mask description" or defined a dummy Mask Parameter for the Subsystem, my Subsystem appeared correctly as a block in the library.

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In order for a Subsystem to appear correctly in the Library Browser, certain Mask Parameters, such as the Mask Description, has to be defined so that double-clicking on the subsystem displays the Mask dialog window instead of its contents.

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Thank you for your replies. The answer to Ms. Govind's questions are 1). Yes. All of the blocks are subsystems. 2). Yes. They all have masks and all have parameters.

Also, my slblocks function looks like (I tried both 1 and 0 for Browser.IsFlat and also tried deleting the line completely):

function blkStruct = slblocks
  % Specify that the product should appear in the library browser
  % and be cached in its repository
  Browser.Library = 'DrivetrainLibrary.mdl';
  Browser.Name    = 'Drivetrain Library';
  Browser.IsFlat  = 1;% Is this library "flat" (i.e. no subsystems)?
  blkStruct.Browser = Browser;

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