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Introduction

MATLAB 5.2

Installation

Where to Install MATLAB 5.2

Troubleshooting

Supported Platforms

Same Approach As for MATLAB 5.1

Obtaining Your Personal License Password (PLP) or License File

PC Installation Issues

Ensuring Sufficient Space for FTP Installation

Running MATLAB as a Networked Application

Run AXDIST.exe for Network Installations

Windows NT 3.51 No Longer Supported

UNIX Installation

Modifying the lmboot Parameter

Default Web Browser Is Netscape Navigator

Macintosh Installation

MATLAB 5.2 Documentation

Help Desk

Supported Browsers

Specify Web Browser in docopt.m File for UNIX

Full-Text Search Facility

Reference Page Navigation

The doc Command

MATLAB 5.2 Documentation Set

Manuals Reprinted for 5.2

Manuals Updated Online for 5.2

Documentation Updates

gsvd Function Added

PC and UNIX Usage Information

PC

Printing Under Microsoft Windows

Notebook Support

UNIX

UNIX Installation Messages

Editor Options Stored in Registry File

Help Desk Search on DEC Alpha Running Netscape Navigator

Adobe Acrobat Reader Not Supported for Xoftware

Compatibility Issues

Use of P-Code Between MATLAB Versions

Colon Expressions with Floating-Point Numbers

Invoking the Path Editor from the Command Line

Frame Uicontrols and Stacking Order

PC-Specific Changes

Change to clc Command

Change to cd Command

Known Software Problems or Limitations

Editor/Debugger

Opening Multiple Arrays in the Array Editor

Graphics

Tooltips Do Not Work on Windows 95 with comctl32.dll Version 4.00.950

Printing GUIs

Printing with the HPGL Driver

dragrect and rbbox Functions

MinorGridLine Style Property Not Supported

Application Program Interface

Avoid Modifying Input Arguments in MEX-Files

Fortran Interface Not Implemented for New API Routines

Engine Support

Compiling with the Watcom 11.x Compiler

Powerstation Fortran No Longer Supported

PC-Specific Problems

Netscape Navigator

Launching the M-File Editor/Debugger Without MATLAB

Cannot Set Breakpoint in an M-File Shadowed by a P-File

Browsing Paths

Avoid Spaces in Directory Names and Filenames

UNIX-Specific Problem

Cutting and Pasting from X Window Systems Applications

Editor Does Not Support Japanese Characters

MATLAB Compiler 1.2

Known Software Problems and Limitations

Compatibility Release

Watcom 10.6 Compiler

Linking MFC Applications with the C++ Math Library

Runtime Errors Involving Operands

ode Functions on 68K Macintosh

Documentation

Simulink 2.2

Known Software Problems and Limitations

Help Button

S-Functions

Status Bar

Using an MGA Matrox Board

Microsoft Windows and Lost Windows

Printing on Microsoft Windows 95

Real-Time Workshop 2.2

The Real-Time Workshop 2.2

Summary of Enhancements Introduced in 2.1

Architectural Changes

Target Language Compiler

Generic Real-Time Target

Additional Changes

Unsupported Features in Version 2.2

Upgrading External Mode MEX-Files

The Real-Time Workshop and Stateflow

Tornado/VxWorks

Note About Automatic Downloading

Target Language Compiler (TLC) Enhancements

Passing Parameters: mdlRTW and RTWData

mdlRTW

RTWData

TLC Documentation Updates

Changes to Target Language Values Table

Target Language Vectors

Changes to the SIZE Built-In Function

Changes to Configurable RTW Variables Table

ForceParamTrailComments

BlockIOSignals

ParameterTuning

Changes to Appendix A, model.rtw

SignalSrc

SigConnected

BlockOutputsMap

ExternalInputsMap

SignalSrcTID

BlockMap

Signal Records

ChildSubsystemIndices

StatesMap

New Error Messages for Appendix B

Stateflow 1.0.6

Introduction

Product Requirements

Enhancements

Bug Fixes to Stateflow 1.0

Enhancements to the Sensor Failure Detection Demo

Current Restrictions

Supported C Compiler

Simulink Libraries and Stateflow Blocks

Machine Properties Dialog Box

Stateflow Finder and Case-Sensitive Searches

Spaces in State Names

Undo Operation

Directed Event Broadcast Using send

Sharing Workspace Data in a Real-Time Workshop Target

Real-Time Workshop RealTimeMalloc Code Format Option

Graphics Editor Edit Menu and Text Labels

Known Software Problems

Resizing the Graphics Editor Window

Stateflow Finder Dialog Box Cannot Be Resized

Stateflow Quick Reference Guide

Graphics Editor

Action Language

Flow Diagrams within States

Chart Execution

Event Processing

Valid Transition Paths

Searching for a Transition Path

Path Execution

Frequently Asked Questions

Toolboxes and Blocksets

Signal Processing Toolbox 4.1

SPTool Export Structures

DSP Blockset 2.2

Additional New Blocks