Code Generation Pane: Debug

The Code Generation Debug pane includes the following parameters when the Simulink Coder product is installed on your system and you select a GRT- or ERT-based target.

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Code Generation: Debug Tab Overview Verbose build Retain .rtw file Profile TLC Start TLC debugger when generating code Start TLC coverage when generating code Enable TLC assertion

Code Generation: Debug Tab Overview

Select build process and Target Language Compiler (TLC) process options.

See Also

• Debug

• Code Generation Pane: Debug

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Verbose build

Display code generation progress.

Settings

Default: on

On

The MATLAB Command Window displays progress information indicating code generation stages and compiler output during code generation.

Off

Does not display progress information.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: RTWVerbose

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'on'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	No impact
Safety precaution	On

See Also

Debug

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Retain .rtw file

Specify model.rtw file retention.

Settings

Default: off

On

Retains the model.rtw file in the current build folder. This parameter is useful if you are modifying the target files and need to look at the file.

Off

Deletes the model.rtw from the build folder at the end of the build process.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: RetainRTWFile

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'off'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	No impact
Safety precaution	No impact

See Also

Debug

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Profile TLC

Profile the execution time of TLC files.

Settings

Default: off

On

The TLC profiler analyzes the performance of TLC code executed during code generation, and generates an HTML report.

Off

Does not profile the performance.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: ProfileTLC

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'off'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	No impact
Safety precaution	No impact

See Also

Debug

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Start TLC debugger when generating code

Specify use of the TLC debugger

Settings

Default: Off

On

The TLC debugger starts during code generation.

Off

Does not start the TLC debugger.

Tips

• You can also start the TLC debugger by entering the -dc argument into the System target file field.

• To invoke the debugger and run a debugger script, enter the -df filename argument into the System target file field.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: TLCDebug

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'off'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	No impact
Safety precaution	No impact

See Also

Debug

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Start TLC coverage when generating code

Generate the TLC execution report.

Settings

Default: off

On

Generates .log files containing the number of times each line of TLC code is executed during code generation.

Off

Does not generate a report.

Tip

You can also generate the TLC execution report by entering the -dg argument into the System target file field.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: TLCCoverage

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'off'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	No impact
Safety precaution	No impact

See Also

Debug

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Enable TLC assertion

Produce the TLC stack trace

Settings

Default: off

On

The build process halts if any user-supplied TLC file contains an %assert directive that evaluates to FALSE.

Off

The build process ignores TLC assertion code.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: TLCAssert

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'off'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	No impact
Safety precaution	On

See Also

Debug

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Code Generation Pane: Custom Code

Code Generation Pane: Interface

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