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

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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:
[1x1 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

Accepted Answer

Rahul Singhal
Rahul Singhal on 1 Oct 2020
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

More Answers (1)

Chunguang LI
Chunguang LI on 27 Sep 2022
import mlreportgen.report.*
import mlreportgen.dom.*
d=Document('report','docx');
open(d);
plot([0 1 5], [0 0 4])
rpt = Report();
p = Image(getSnapshotImage(Figure(),rpt));
p.Style={HAlign('center'),ScaleToFit};
append(d,p);
close(d);

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