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Hi All,

I know Matlab has it's own software for auto-report generation but I'm looking for something allowing a lot more control over formatting.

Let's say my Matlab program outputs data into an ascii file as well as outputs many plots as separate jpg files.

Does anyone know of other software or procedures to generate a template (essentially a detailed report) that can take this Matlab output and place it into the report? 

For example, I'd create the template first with example output from my Matlab file, mapping what goes where and formating everything. Then, to generate a new report, I just update the Matlab files in the directory and the report updates automatically to reflect the new information (all formating stays the same, just the numbers and figures reflect the new Matlab results). All I do is replace the Matlab files in the directory and bingo, a new report is made.

I think Oracle's Business Intelligence software can do this, but I was hoping there was something simpler, like a way to do it in Word, Framemaker, or something else. 

Thanks in advance, -GG