MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

XML Tag Description Value in Template Notes

<icon> Icon for the

Start button

(not used)

none No longer used, but the <icon>

element is still required for

MATLAB to parse the

info.xml file.

<help_location> Location of

help files

html Name of the subfolder

containing helptoc.xml and

the HTML help files for your

toolbox. If the help location is

not a subfolder of the

info.xml file location, specify

the path to help_location

relative to the info.xml file. If

you provide HTML help files for

multiple toolboxes, the

help_location in each

info.xml file must be a

different folder.

<help_contents_icon> Icon to display

in Contents

pane

none Ignored in MATLAB R2015a

and later. Does not cause error

if it appears in the info.xml

file, but is not required.

You also can include comments in your info.xml file, such as copyright and contact

information. Create comments by enclosing the text on a line between <!-- and -->.

When you create the info.xml file, make sure that:

• You include all required elements.


• The entries are in the same order as in the preceding table.


• File and folder names in the XML exactly match the names of your files and folders
  and are capitalized identically.


• The info.xml file is in a folder on the MATLAB search path.

NoteMATLAB parses the info.xml file and displays your documentation when you

add the folder that contains info.xml to the path. If you created an info.xml file in

a folder already on the path, remove the folder from the path. Then add the folder

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