mlreportgen.dom.PageRef Class

Namespace: mlreportgen.dom

Create placeholder for reference to page number of link target

Description

Create a placeholder for a reference to the page number of a link target. This object applies only to Word and PDF output. For Word output, opening a document causes Word to replace this object with the page number of the link target that this object specifies. For PDF output, the DOM API replaces this object with the page number of the link target that it specifies.

Tip

Use this object to generate page references, such as "See page 15 for more information."

The mlreportgen.dom.PageRef class is a handle class.

Creation

Description

pageRef = PageRef(target) creates a page reference object that refers to the specified LinkTarget object. Generating the output replaces this PageRef object with the number of the page that contains the specified target.

Input Arguments

target — Name of link target to reference

character vector

Name of the link target to reference, specified as a character vector or string scalar. Specify the target using a LinkTarget object.

Properties

Target — Name of target of this page reference

character vector | string scalar

Name of the target of this page reference, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

Style — Format specification

{} (default) | array of DOM format objects

Format specification for this document element object, specified as an array of DOM format objects. The formats specified by this property override corresponding formats specified by the StyleName property of this element. Formats that do not apply to this document element object are ignored.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

StyleName — Name of stylesheet-defined style

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Name of stylesheet-defined style, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The style name is the name of a style specified in the style sheet of the document or document part to which this element is appended. The specified style defines the appearance of this element in the output document unless the formats specified by the Style property of this element override it. To learn more about using style sheets, see Use Style Sheet Styles.

Note

Microsoft^® Word reports ignore style names that are not defined in the document template. For more information on Microsoft Word templates, seeTemplates for DOM API Report Programs.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

CustomAttributes — Custom attributes of document element

[] (default) | array of mlreportgen.dom.CustomAttribute objects

Custom attributes of the document element, specified as an array of mlreportgen.dom.CustomAttribute objects. The custom attributes must be supported by the output format of the document element to which this object is appended.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Children — Children of this object

array of document element objects

Children of this object, specified as an array of document element objects. This property contains the document element objects appended using the append method.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private
NonCopyable	true

Parent — Parent of this object

document element object

Parent of this object, specified as a document element object. A document element must have only one parent.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	private
NonCopyable	true

Tag — Tag

character vector | string scalar

Tag, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The DOM API generates a session-unique tag as part of the creation of this object. The generated tag has the form CLASS:ID, where CLASS is the object class and ID is the value of the Id property of the object. Use this value to help identify where an issue occurs during document generation.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

Id — Object identifier

character vector | string scalar

Object identifier, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The DOM API generates a session-unique identifier when it creates the document element object.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public
NonCopyable	true

Data Types: char | string

Methods

Public Methods

Method	Purpose
clone	Copy this object.

Examples

Insert a Page Number Reference

This example inserts a page number reference to a target on another page. Add a target mytarget using LinkTarget. Use PageRef to refer to the page that contains the target mytarget.

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
d = Document('mydoc','pdf');
open(d);

% Create page footer and add page number to it
footer = PDFPageFooter('default');
d.CurrentPageLayout.PageFooters = footer;
d.CurrentPageLayout.FirstPageNumber = 1;
pageno = Paragraph();
pageno.HAlign = 'center';
append(pageno,Page());
append(footer,pageno);

% Add target to heading object and append heading and para text to document
h = Heading1(LinkTarget('mytarget'));
append(h,'Head Whose Page to Reference');
p = Paragraph('Here is some paragraph text.');
append(d,h);
append(d,p);

% Add another page and insert page reference to target
p1 = Paragraph('The following paragraph contains the page reference.');
p1.Style = {PageBreakBefore(true)};
p2 = Paragraph('See Page ');
p2.WhiteSpace = 'preserve';
ref = PageRef('mytarget');
append(p2,ref);
append(p2,'.');
append(d,p1);
append(d,p2);

close(d);
rptview(d.OutputPath);

Version History

Introduced in R2016a