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builddocsearchdb - Build searchable documentation database

Syntax

builddocsearchdb help_location

Description

builddocsearchdb help_location builds a searchable database of user-added HTML and related help files in the specified help location. The help_location argument is the full path to the directory containing the help files. The database enables the Help browser to search for content within the help files.

builddocsearchdb creates a folder named helpsearch under help_location. The helpsearch folder contains the search database files. Add the location of the helpsearch folder to your info.xml file.

The files in helpsearch work only with the version of MATLAB software used to create it.

For a full discussion of this process, refer to Add Documentation to the Help Browser.

Examples

Build a search database for the documentation files found at D:\work\mytoolbox\help.

builddocsearchdb D:\work\mytoolbox\help

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