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Matlab exportgraphics with uitable?

I have a uitable in a figure that I am trying to save as a pdf using exportgraphics. I believe I need to use exportgraphics because I need to append many figures into a single pdf. Saveas can successfully create the pdf, but it lacks the option to append to an existing file. Saveas could work if there's a way to programmatically stitch 500+ pdf files together.

My figure contains 3 axes objects, 1 annontation and the uitable. The figure and uitable are created like this:

T = array2table(data);
T.Properties.VariableNames = labels;
... lines to create the plot data ...
fh = figure;
fh.PaperType = "uslegal";
fh.PaperOrientation = "landscape";
fh.PaperUnits = "normalized";
ut = uitable(fh, Data=T{:,:}, ColumnName=T.Properties.VariableNames);
... many lines of formatting and plotting
exportgraphics(fh, 'test.pdf', Append=true)

The result is

Warning: UI components will not be included in the output.

And a pdf which contains the graphics and annotation, but no uitable. How can I properly create a multi-paged pdf file of figures containing uitables

Solution

  • You have a few options here. As you've seen, exportgraphics cannot deal with uitable. This doc page summarises the different export options.

    To proceed, I would suggest either