Hyperlink to a pdf file within a Simulink model

Is it possible to provide a hyperlink to a pdf file within a simulink model in order to provide a documentation reference? If yes can the link direct to a particular page number within the file?

Answer 1

[Guy Rouleau]

Simulink Verification and Validation provides this exact functionality.

Here is the product page:

http://www.mathworks.com/products/simverification/

To learn on this topic, I recommend starting with this section of the doc:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/toolbox/slvnv/ug/bsc_3xe.html

The doc page listing the supported document format you can link to (MSWord, Excel, DOORS, pdf...):

http://www.mathworks.com/help/toolbox/slvnv/ug/bsc_595-2.html

Request a demo and give it a try!

Guy

Answer 2

[Fangjun Jiang]

the "open" command can open .pdf file.

You can add an empty subsystem block to your model. Add the following line to its "OpenFcn" call back open('doc.pdf');

Need to research more to see if it can open to a particular page.

EDIT

find out the Adobe Reader command line option:

Open a PDF file at page 7:

AcroRd32.exe /A "page=7=OpenActions" PdfFile

So you can wrap this command using system() and put it in your "OpenFcn" call back, like

system('AcroRd32.exe /A "page=7=OpenActions" doc.pdf');

You may need to specify the full path of AcroRd32.exe and your .pdf file