How to link to a .pdf-file in Matlab Simulink Mask Editor Documentation Help

Hello,

I am trying to link to a .pdf file in the documentation help part of the mask editor. The problem is that I do not want to set the whole path including C:\documents..., I just want to refer to a directory within the directory where the simulink model is stored. is there any possibility to do that?

Answer 1

[Kaustubha Govind]

I think you can just use MATLAB commands like:

web('http://www.mathworks.com/products/datasheets/pdf/matlab.pdf', '-browser')

In the "Mask help" edit pane. Instead of the URL, just specifying a local path should also work. You could perhaps use the output of which(bdroot) to figure out the path to the current model.

Answer 2

[Florian]

This only works if the folder where the .pdf files are located is the current folder. Is there any other possibility to set a path that is universal. The problem is that I cannot set the path to C:\matlab etc. because not everyone who copies the simulink program on his machine puts it in the same folder.

[Kaustubha Govind]

Could you explain "set a path that is universal"? Is there a way to identify the path that the PDF exists at?