I need a page-break methodology for PDF output

Is it possible to create a "new component" or a function that can force a page break in a PDF report?

I am new to MATLAB Report Generator so please be detailed and specific.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

[Paul Kinnucan]

Hi Riley,

In R2016a, you can use a Report Explorer HTML Text component to simulate a PageBreak component:

In this example, the HTML Text component creates a (non-standard) HTML '<PageBreak/>' element. The Report Explorer converts this element to a PDF page break when the output type is Direct PDF (from template).

If you are using the DOM API to generate your report, you can use a DOM PageBreak content object or a PageBreakBefore format object to insert a page break:

import mlreportgen.dom.*
d = Document('MyReport', 'pdf');
append(d, Heading1('Chapter 1'));
h1 = Heading1('Chapter 2');
h1.Style = [h1.Style, {PageBreakBefore}];
append(d, h1);
append(d, PageBreak);
append(d, Heading1('Chapter 3'));
close(d);
rptview(d.OutputPath);

Paul Kinnucan

Engineering Manager

MATLAB and Simulink Report Generators