User`s guide

Define Components

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Specify Component Properties

Property Name. Create a name for the new property. A property name must be a

valid MATLAB variable name, and must be unique within a component.

Data Type. Specify the property's data type. Options are:

• Double

• Enumeration

• Integer

• String

• String Vector

• %<Parsed String>

Use this data type to include the value of a variable in the MATLAB workspace in

a component. For more information about this data type, see “%<VariableName>

Notation” on the Text reference page.

• True/False

Default Value. Set a default value for the property. The default value must be

compatible with the data type. If incompatibilities exist between the default value

and the data type, the component might not build.

Dialog Prompt. This text appears next to the widget on the component's dialog box.

It indicates what the property does and how it affects report generation.

Note: When the component builds, a colon is appended to your entry in the Dialog

prompt field. Your entry appears in the Properties pane with the colon appended.

Modify Existing Components

Report components are modifiable. You can derive a new component from an existing

component by double-clicking the name of the component and modifying its values and

properties.

Build Components

After you have entered all data required for defining the component, you build it by

clicking the Build Component button. The build process creates all files needed for the