rptview

Display report or presentation

Syntax

rptview(domObj)

rptview(reportPath)

rptview(reportName,format)

rptview(docxfile,"pdf")

rptview(pptObj)

rptview(pptPath)

Description

rptview(domObj) displays the report specified by the input mlreportgen.dom.Document object in an appropriate viewer.

Opening a Microsoft^® Word document on a Linux^® or Macintosh platform calls the soffice command. To use the soffice command on a Linux machine, you must install Apache^® OpenOffice^® or LibreOffice^®. On Macintosh, you must install Apache OpenOffice in the /Applications folder.

Note

The mlreportgen.report.Report class has a method named rptview. When you call rptview with an mlreportgen.report.Report object as the argument value, the method is invoked. For all other types of argument values, the rptview function is invoked. See Tips.

rptview(reportPath) displays the report specified by reportPath in an appropriate viewer, based on the file extension.

rptview(reportName,format) displays the report specified by reportName in an appropriate viewer, based on the format specified in format.

rptview(docxfile,"pdf") converts a Microsoft Word report to PDF and displays the report in a PDF viewer.

Note

This functionality is only available on Microsoft Windows^®. If you are running on a Macintosh or Linux platform, you must generate a PDF directly using the Report or DOM APIs.

rptview(pptObj) displays the presentation specified by the input mlreportgen.ppt.Presentation object in Microsoft PowerPoint^®.

To open a presentation on a Linux or Macintosh platform, rptview calls the soffice command. On Linux, Apache OpenOffice or LibreOffice must be installed. On Macintosh, Apache OpenOffice must be installed in the /Applications folder.

rptview(pptPath) displays the presentation located at pptPath in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Examples

Display DOM Document in HTML Viewer

Display an HTML report that was generated using an mlreportgen.dom.Document object.

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
d = Document("mydoc");

p = Paragraph("Hello World");
append(d,p);

close(d);
rptview("mydoc");

Display DOM Document in PDF Viewer

Display a PDF report that was generated using an mlreportgen.dom.Document object.

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
d = Document("mydoc","pdf");

append(d, "Hello World");

close(d);
rptview(d);

Display Report Using the OutputPath Property

Display a report that was generated using an mlreportgen.report.Report object. Specify the path and file name of the report by using the value of the OutputPath property of the object.

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
import mlreportgen.report.*;
rpt = Report("myReport","docx");

p = Paragraph("Hello World");
add(rpt,p);
close(rpt);
rptview(rpt.OutputPath);

Convert Word Report to PDF and Display It

Use the rptview function to convert a Word report to PDF and display it in a PDF viewer.

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
import mlreportgen.report.*;
rpt = Report("myReport","docx");

p = Paragraph("Hello World");
add(rpt,p);

close(rpt);
rptview("myReport.docx","pdf");

Display Word Report Based on Name

Create two reports with the same name, but with different formats and content. Specify the format to display the appropriate report.

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
import mlreportgen.report.*
rpt = Report("myReport","html");

p = Paragraph("Hello World");
add(rpt,p);
close(rpt);

rptWord = Report("myReport","docx");
p = Paragraph("Hello again, World");
add(rptWord,p);
close(rptWord);

rptview("myReport","docx");

Display Presentation Based on Presentation Object

Display a presentation by calling rptview with the name of the mlreportgen.ppt.Presentation object.

import mlreportgen.ppt.*
ppt = Presentation("MyPresentation");
open(ppt);

slide1 = add(ppt,"Title and Table");
replace(slide1,"Title","Magic Square Slide 1");
replace(slide1,"Table",Table(magic(3)));
close(ppt);
rptview(ppt);

Display Presentation Based on Path and File Name

Display a presentation by calling rptview with the path and file name, including the extension, of the generated PowerPoint presentation.

import mlreportgen.ppt.*
ppt = Presentation("MyPresentation");
open(ppt);

slide1 = add(ppt,"Title and Table");
replace(slide1,"Title","Magic Square Slide 1");
replace(slide1,"Table",Table(magic(3)));
close(ppt);
rptview("MyPresentation.pptx");

Input Arguments

domObj — Document object that generates report to view

mlreportgen.dom.Document object

Document object that generates the report to view, specified as an mlreportgen.dom.Document object.

reportPath — Report file path and name

string scalar | character vector

Path and name of a specific report file, including the file extension, specified as a character vector or string scalar. You can use the OutputPath property of an mlreportgen.dom.Document object or an mlreportgen.report.Report object to provide reportPath.

The report file name extension determines the viewer in which the report displays.

File Extension	Viewer
.htmx	MATLAB® WebWindow
.html	MATLAB WebWindow
.zip	MATLAB WebWindow
.docx	Microsoft Word
.pdf	PDF viewer

Data Types: char | string

reportName — Report name

character vector | string scalar

Path and file name of a report, without the file extension, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

Data Types: char | string

format — Report output format

"docx""html" | "html-file" | "html-multipage" | "pdf" | "pdfa"

Report output format, specified as one of these values:

• "docx" for Microsoft Word

• "html" for HTML output

• "html-file" for single-file HTML output

• "html-multipage" for multipage HTML output (since R2024a)

• "pdf" for PDF output

• "pdfa" for PDF/A output (since R2025a)

Data Types: char | string

docxfile — Word .docx file to convert to PDF

character vector | string scalar

Word .docx file to convert to PDF, specified as a Word file having a .docx extension.

Data Types: char | string

pptObj — Presentation object that generates the presentation

mlreportgen.ppt.Presentation

Presentation object that generates the presentation to view, specified as an mlreportgen.ppt.Presentation object.

pptPath — Presentation file path and name

character vector | string scalar

Path and name of a specific presentation file, including the file extension, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The file extension can be .pptx or .potx. You can use the OutputPath property of the mlreportgen.ppt.Presentation object to provide pptPath.

Data Types: char | string

Limitations

• rptview does not support viewing PowerPoint (.ppt) or Word (.docx) reports in MATLAB Online.

• rptview is not supported in a MATLAB web app.

Tips

Note

If a mlreportgen.dom.Document object's OpenStatus property is "open" and you call rptview to view the report, OpenStatus will be set to "closed". Displaying a report requires executing the DOM API"s close command, which converts the report"s in-memory DOM representation to a file of the type specified by the Type property. rptview issues the required close command for you if Document.OpenStatus is not ready set to "closed" .

Calling rptview with an mlreportgen.report.Report object as the argument value, invokes the rptview method of the mlreportgen.report.Report object. The rptview method calls the rptview function with the value of the Document property of the report object as the argument value.

Calling rptview with an argument value other than an mlreportgen.report.Report object invokes the rptview function.

For example, in the following code, the first rptview call invokes the rptview method. The second rptview call invokes the rptview function.

import mlreportgen.report.*
rpt = Report("myReport","pdf");
add(rpt, "Hello World");
close(rpt);
% Invokes rptview method
rptview(rpt);
% Invokes rptview function  
rptview("myReport.pdf");

Version History

Introduced in R2014b