How can I run a report setup file from within an app?

I can run a report setup file from the command window to generate a report when all my data is in the workspace. If I try to run the report from within an app, constructed by appdesigner, the report contains no data in the Variable or the Array-Based Table components. How do I get the report setup file to fetch the data from the app?

Code from appdesigner used for a push button:

function REPORTButtonPushed(app, event)

MS_sumtab=table2cell(app.SumTab);

report Test -fpdf

end

The report is supposed to include the Assay-Based Table MS_sumtab, but it doesn't work.

Answer 1

[Mary Abbott]

Hello,

The Variable and Array-Based Table components use variables from the base workspace. In the REPORTButtonPushed callback, the variable MS_sumtab is defined only in the callback's workspace. You can define the variable in the base workspace using the assignin function:

function REPORTButtonPushed(app, event)
    assignin('base', 'MS_sumtab', table2cell(app.SumTab));
    report Test -fpdf
end 

[Magnus Fransson]

Thanks!