How to bind an image used in a mask of a simulink block to said block?

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To clarify this at the beginning:

With image inside the mask of subsystem i do NOT mean an image drawn onto the block, but rather an image one can add to the mask:

Is there a way to bind the image to the block? In case I want to distribute my model, I don't want to have to share every image used in it.

For an image drawn onto the block I found a solution here, that is storing the image inside the UserData of the block, but I can't find an option to change the properties of images used inside a mask.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 27 '17 at 08:53

Quote out of my correspondence with the MathWorks Technical Support:

Unfortunately, it is currently not possible to specify a mask dialog image without providing a file path and a separate image file. This has been brought to the attention of the development team as a possible enhancement for a future release.

This refers to Matlab / Simulink 9 (2016a).

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 27 '17 at 14:51

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This might be a bit too late, but having the same problem I 'fixed' it by including the image and its alpha values in the 'UserData' parameter, checking if the image already exists in the current folder, and if not creating it from the userdata:

if ~exist('ARMicon.png','file')
    maskParams = Simulink.Mask.get(gcb);
    armim = maskParams.getDialogControl('armPic');
    ud = get_param(gcb,'UserData');
    imwrite(ud.ARM,'ARMicon.png','Alpha',ud.alpha);
    armim.FilePath = 'ARMicon.png';
end

Hope this helps.

edited Oct 27 '17 at 14:51

Thomas Rollet

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answered Oct 27 '17 at 14:01

Max

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This seems like a nice workaround until it gets featured in future versions. – Fugu_Fish Oct 28 '17 at 15:18

How to bind an image used in a mask of a simulink block to said block?

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