Thread Subject: Publishement of the M-files

hi :) ..

i want that the M-file be published automatically when runed .. so i wrote this code :

%% publishing and displaying a complete report

ans1=mfilename;
ans2=pwd;
publish([ans2 '\' ans1])
ans2=pwd;
web([ans2 '\html\myfile.html'])


but it doesn't work , why ? i'll be thankfull for you and your help :)

best regards :)

"Marwa fahim" <papillonrouge1987@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:hde7k1$m8r$1@fred.mathworks.com...
> hi :) ..
>
> i want that the M-file be published automatically when runed .. so i wrote
> this code :
>
> %% publishing and displaying a complete report
>
> ans1=mfilename;
> ans2=pwd;
> publish([ans2 '\' ans1])
> ans2=pwd;
> web([ans2 '\html\myfile.html'])
>
>
> but it doesn't work , why ? i'll be thankfull for you and your help :)

Part of the publication process involves running the M-file ... which will
cause it to publish itself ... which will cause it to run itself ... which
will cause it to publish itself ... which will cause it to run itself ...
which will cause it to publish itself ... which will cause it to run itself
... you get the picture.

Describe a little more in depth what you're trying to do and someone may
have a suggestion for how to accomplish that goal.

--
Steve Lord
slord@mathworks.com
comp.soft-sys.matlab (CSSM) FAQ: http://matlabwiki.mathworks.com/MATLAB_FAQ

thank you Steven for your reply
i got the point .. u r totally right .. but what is strange : when i wrote the m file including this code , it gave an output : a repot in html format , but without pictures and with this error :
Error in ==> evalmxdom>createThumbnail at 209
            [X,map] = imread(data.pictureList{end});

Error in ==> evalmxdom at 33
createThumbnail(options,data)

Error in ==> publish at 161
    dom = evalmxdom(prefix,dom,cellBoundaries,prefix,imageDir,options);

You can definitely call publish from a script. If it is publishing some other script, this works fine. If it is publishing itself, it will recursively try to publish itself. You'd need to turn evalCode to false:

...
opts = [];
opts.evalCode = false;
publish(mfilename,opts)
web(fullfile(pwd,'html',[mfilename '.html']))
...

I don't know why you're seeing this error from createThumbnail. I can help if you give more information.