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Figure Snapshot

Insert snapshot of Handle Graphics figure into report

Description

This component inserts a snapshot of a Handle Graphics® figure into the report.

Format

  • Image file format: Specifies the image file format. Select Automatic HG Format to automatically choose the format best suited for the specified report output format. Otherwise, choose an image format that your output viewer can read. Automatic HG Format is the default option. Other options include:

    • Automatic HG Format (uses the Handle Graphics file format selected in the Preferences dialog box)

    • Bitmap (16m-color)

    • Bitmap (256-color)

    • Black and white encapsulated PostScript

    • Black and white encapsulated PostScript (TIFF)

    • Black and white encapsulated PostScript2

    • Black and white encapsulated PostScript2 (TIFF)

    • Black and white PostScript

    • Black and white PostScript2

    • Color encapsulated PostScript

    • Color encapsulated PostScript (TIFF)

    • Color encapsulated PostScript2

    • Color encapsulated PostScript2 (TIFF)

    • Color PostScript

    • Color PostScript2

    • JPEG high quality image

    • JPEG medium quality image

    • JPEG low quality image

    • PDF image

    • PNG 24-bit image

    • TIFF - compressed

    • TIFF - uncompressed

    • Windows metafile

  • Capture picture from screen:

    • Client area only: Captures a portion of the figure window.

    • Entire figure window: Captures the entire figure window.

Print Options

  • Paper orientation:

    • Landscape

    • Portrait

    • Rotated

    • Use figure orientation: Uses the orientation for the figure, which you set with the orient command.

    • Full page image (PDF only): In PDF reports, scales images to fit the full page, minimizes page margins, and maximizes the size of the image by using either a portrait or landscape orientation.

    For more information about paper orientation, see the orient command in the MATLAB® documentation.

  • Image size:

    • Use figure PaperPositionMode setting: Uses the figure's PaperPositionMode property as the image size in the report. For more information about paper position mode, see the orient command in the MATLAB documentation.

    • Automatic (same size as on screen): Sets the image in the report to the same size as it appears on the screen.

    • Custom: Specifies a custom image size. Set the image size in the Size field and Units list.

  • Size: Specifies the size of the figure snapshot in the form w h (width times height). This field is active only if you choose Custom from the Image size selection list.

  • Units: Specifies units for the size of the figure snapshot. This field is active only if you choose Custom in the Image size selection list.

  • Invert hardcopy: Sets print colors using the figure's InvertHardcopy property, which inverts colors for printing. Options include:

    • Automatic: Automatically changes dark axes colors to light axes colors. If the axes color is a light color, it is not inverted.

    • Invert: Changes dark axes colors to light axes colors and vice versa.

    • Don't invert: Does not change the colors in the image.

    • Use figure's InvertHardcopy setting: Uses the value of the InvertHardcopy property set in the Handle Graphics image.

    • Make figure background transparent: Makes the image background transparent.

Display Options

  • Scaling:

    • Fixed size: Specifies the number and type of units.

    • Zoom: Specifies the percentage, maximum size, and units of measure.

    • Use image size: Causes the size of the image in the report to appear the same size as on screen.

  • Size: Specifies the size of the snapshot in the format w h (width, height). This field is active only if you choose Fixed size in the Scaling list.

  • Max size: Specifies the maximum size of the snapshot in the format w h (width, height). This field is active only if you choose Zoom from the Scaling list.

  • Units: Specifies units for the size of the snapshot. This field is active only if you choose Zoom or Fixed size in the Image size selection list.

  • Alignment Only reports in PDF or RTF format support this property. Options include:

    • Auto

    • Right

    • Left

    • Center

  • Title: Specifies a title for the figure:

    • Custom: Specifies a custom title.

    • Name: Specifies the figure name as the title.

  • Caption: Specifies text to appear under the snapshot.

Insert Anything into Report?

Yes. Image.

Class

rptgen_hg.chg_fig_snap