MATLAB 5.2 Product Family New Features
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MATLAB 5.2 Product Family New Features
Introduction
How to Use This Document
References and Links to Other Documents
MATLAB 5.2 Product Family Documentation Set
Manuals Reprinted for 5.2
Manuals Updated Online for 5.2
MATLAB 5.2 Enhancements
What's New in MATLAB 5.2?
Enhancements to MATLAB
Upgrades to Simulink, Real-Time Workshop, Toolboxes, and Blocksets
New Power System Blockset
MATLAB Language Enhancements
Support for try/catch
Warning Messages
Setting the Recursion Limit
New Mathematical Functions
New String Comparison Functions
M-File Locking
Persistent Variables
File and Directory Handling
Enhancement to load
Cell Array of Strings
Enhancement to strjust
Change in clc and home Behavior
Additional Functions Changed in MATLAB 5.2
PC and UNIX Environment Tools Enhancements
Changes to the MATLAB Editor/Debugger
Array Editor Added for PC and UNIX Platforms
SGI64 Fully Supported
Online Documentation Enhancements
Full-Text Search Facility
Reference Page Navigation
The doc Command
Japanese Help Desk
ActiveX Support Enhanced
HDF File Format Support
Visualization Enhancements
Support for OpenGL Renderers
New View Control Commands
Complex Camera Operations
Camera and Axis Control
New Lighting Convenience Commands
Support for Predefined Paper Types
Mechanism to Hide Objects from Selection
New Behavior for newplot, clf, and cla
Behavior of newplot
Behavior of clf and cla
GUI Development Enhancements
New Units Property Value
Tooltips
Toggle Buttons
Displaying Truecolor Images on Controls
Context Menus
MATLAB Compiler
Compatibility Release
Improved Installation and Configuration Process
Enhanced Support for Windows 95 and NT Compilers
Building Simulink CMEX S-Functions
Additional Enhancements
Documentation
MATLAB C Math Library 1.2
Compatibility Release
New Features
Documentation
MATLAB C++ Math Library 1.2
Compatibility Release
New Features
Documentation
Simulink 2.2
User Interface
Toolbar
Status Bar
Context-Sensitive Menus
Automatic Block Connection
Block Properties Dialog Box
Undoing Breaking of Library Links
Simulation
Block Priorities
Additional Solvers
Debugger
Tunable Mask Parameters
Level 2 S-Functions
Merge Block
Non-Algebraic Feedback Loops
Model Construction Commands
Object Parameters
Dialog Parameters
Lines/Annotations API
Printing
Print Frames
Real-Time Workshop 2.2
Asynchronous Processes
RTWlib
Merge Block Added
Level 2 S-Functions
Stateflow 1.0.6
Toolboxes and Blocksets
Power System Blockset 1.0
Communications Toolbox 1.3
Control System Toolbox 4.1
DSP Blockset 2.2
Data Frames
Filter Realization Wizard
New and Enhanced Blocks
For Users Upgrading from Version 1.0a
Financial Toolbox 1.1
Term Structure Functions
Derivitives Function
Portfolio Analysis Function
Date Functions
Demo of an Excel Link Portfolio Optimizer Tool
Fuzzy Logic Toolbox 2.0
Graphical User Interface Enhancements
Fuzzy Algorithm Improvements
FIS Represented As MATLAB Structures
More Dimensions Allowed for User-Defined
Membership Functions
Image Processing Toolbox 2.1
Interactive Pixel Value Display
Feature Measurement
Inverse Radon Transform
Canny Edge Detector
Other Enhancements
Neural Network Toolbox 3.0
Signal Processing Toolbox 4.1
Spectral Estimation
SPTool Graphical User Interface
Filter Viewer
General Enhancements
Spline Toolbox 2.0
Multivariate Spline Support
User Interface Enhancements
Vector-Valued Spline Enhancements
Additional Enhancements
MATLAB 5.1 Enhancements
What's New in MATLAB 5.1?
Enhancements to MATLAB
Upgrades to Simulink, Real-Time Workshop,
Toolboxes, and Blocksets
New Products
Language and Development Environment Enhancements
find Returns Empty Matrix
Multibyte Character Support
Removal of Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Issues
Notebook Support for Office 97
PC Editor/Debugger
Editing Arrays on Macintosh
The Path Browser on the Macintosh
Macintosh Debugger
Handle Graphics Enhancements
Scatter Plot Functions Added
X-Windows Support for uisetcolor
Previously Undocumented Functions
Printing Patches and Surfaces
TIFF and JPEG Device Drivers
TIFF
Compression
JPEG
Compression
TIFF Preview Images for Encapsulated PostScript
Alternate Method on the Macintosh
API Enhancements for Windows NT
Setting Up the Compiler Location
API Enhancements for Macintosh
Installation Notes for Using CodeWarrior 11
with the MATLAB API
Using CodeWarrior 10 and 11 with the MATLAB API
Building Applications on the Power Macintosh
and 68K Macintosh
Stateflow
Addition to the Simulink Modeling Environment
Stateflow Coder
Mapping Toolbox
MATLAB 5.0 Enhancements
MATLAB 5.0 Enhancements
Enhanced Programming and Application
Development Tools
New Data Types, Structures, and Language
Features
Faster, Better Graphics and Visualization
More Mathematical and Data Analysis Tools
Enhancements to Simulink and Application Toolboxes
New Data Constructs
Multidimensional Arrays
Cell Arrays
Structures
MATLAB Objects
Objects
Character Arrays
Programming Capabilities
Flow-Control Improvements
M-File Programming Tools
Variable Number of Input and Output Arguments
Multiple Functions Within an M-File
M-File Profiler
Pseudocode M-Files
New and Enhanced Language Functions
Subscripting and Assignment Enhancements
Integer Bit Manipulation Functions
Dimension Specification for Data Analysis Functions
Wildcards in Utility Commands
Empty Arrays
New Data Analysis Features
Higher-Dimension Interpolation
griddata Based on Delaunay Triangulation
Set Theoretic Functions
New and Enhanced Handle Graphics Features
Plotting Capabilities
Filling Areas
Bar Chart Enhancements
Labels for Patches and Surfaces
Marker Style Enhancement
Stem Plot Enhancements
Three-Dimensional Plotting Support
Data Visualization
New Viewing Model
New Method for Defining Patches
Triangular Meshes and Surfaces
Improved Slicing
Contouring Enhancements
New zoom Options
Graphics Presentation
Enhancements to Axes Objects
Color Enhancements
Text Object Enhancements
Improved General Graphics Features
Lighting
print Command Revisions
Additional print Device Options
Image Support
Truecolor
Reading and Writing Images
8-Bit Images
Indexed Images
Colormaps
Truecolor Images
New and Enhanced Handle Graphics Object Properties
Improvements to Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)
General GUI Enhancements
Guide
Enhanced Application Program Interface (API)
New Fundamental Data Type
New Functions
Support for Structures and Cells
Support for Multidimensional Arrays
Support for Nondouble Precision Data
Enhanced Debugging Support
Enhanced Compile Mechanism
MATLAB 4 Feature Unsupported in MATLAB 5.0
Non-ANSI C Compilers
New Platform-Specific Features
Microsoft Windows
Path Browser
Workspace Browser
M-File Editor/Debugger
Command Window Toolbar
New Dialog Boxes
16-bit Stereo Sound
Macintosh
User Interface Enhancements
Command Window Features
Command History Window
Path Browser
Workspace Browser
M-File Debugger
Editor Features
UNIX Workstations
Figure Window Toolbar
Path Editor
Simplified Installation Procedure
Upgrading to MATLAB 5.2
Migrating to MATLAB 5.2
Roadmap for Different Migration Routes
Toolboxes and Blocksets
Upgrading from MATLAB 5.1 to MATLAB 5.2
Change to clear Behavior
try, catch, and persistent Are Now Keywords
Matrix Assignment
Change to Method Search Order
API Memory Management Compatibility Issue
Improperly Destroying an mxArray
Incorrectly Constructing a Cell or Structure mxArray
Creating a Temporary mxArray with Improper Data
Potential Memory Leaks
Recommendation: MEX-Files Should Destroy
Their Own Temporary Arrays
Upgrading from MATLAB 5.0 to MATLAB 5.2
Upgrading from MATLAB 4 to MATLAB 5.2
Converting M-Files to MATLAB 5.0
Converting MATLAB 4 External Interface Programs
to the MATLAB 5.0 Application Program Interface
General Considerations
Microsoft Windows Considerations
UNIX Considerations
Macintosh Considerations
VMS Considerations
Conversion
Recoding C Code for MATLAB 5.0 Compliance
Upgrading Toolboxes and Blocksets
Fuzzy Logic Toolbox: Updating FIS Models
DSP Blockset: Upgrading from Version 1.0a
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