how to get report generator to open pdf report automatically in stand alone program?

I made a GUI for image processing and analysis. It has a push button to generate a pdf report - the call back invokes the report function in Report Generator. The GUI works fine under Matlab environment - the pdf report opens automatically and I can save or print it. But when I compile the program to stand-alone executable (using deploytool) the pdf report fails to open.

I ran the stand alone program in cmd and the error message was: C:\Users\Emma\AppData\Local\Temp\...\report.pdf cannot be viewed in a compiled application. Please use an external application to open.

If I go to the temp folder the pdf report is there. My question is: how do I get the pdf file to open automatically like when I was running the program under Matlab? Do I need to package a pdf viewer or something when I deploy the code? (I've only included the .m, .fig and .rpt file when compiling).

First time asking a question here so please let me know if I should clarify more. Many thanks in advance for your help!

Emma

[Geoff Hayes]

Emma - what is the line of code that you have written to open the report.pdf? Are you using open?

[Emma]

Thanks Geoff, Sorry I missed your comment until now...

I set the rpt file property in report explorer - by ticking " View report after generation" under General Options.

The report opens under Matlab environment but in compiled stand-alone application it doesn't. (" ....pdf cannot be viewed in a compiled application.")

I also tried using "open" in the push button call back. Again it works fine when I run the code using Matlab. In stand-alone application, I get error " Error using open. File 'report.pdf' not found".

The pdf report was saved to a random folder under AppData\Local\Temp directory, is this maybe the reason why report.pdf was not found? If that's the case, how do I tell the program to find the file? (the folder name seems to be randomly generated).

Many thanks, Emma

[Emma]

Oh Ok I found a way to do this. 1. In rpt file property, set directory to a specified location. 2. In the call back function, create the directory if it doesn't exist. 3. Use "open" to open the file.

Cheers.

[Amey Pawar]

Where is the call back function

Answer 1

[Paul Kinnucan]

Emma answered her own question.