How to I put Simulink mask icon drawing code in an m-file

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I read Seth Popinchalk's post on locating code in m-files rather than in the mask fields. I'd like to do this with my "icon drawing commands" which draws a background image and/or labels ports.
All works fine if I do this in the "icon drawing commands" field of the mask:
image(imread('pic.jpg'))
port_label('input', 1, 'my_input')
But if I put it in DrawMyIcon.m and call that m-file in the "icon drawing commands," then I get a separate figure popping up.
My ultimate aim here is to make this, like the rest of my code, encrypted/obfuscated pcode for distribution to customers.
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mlimber
mlimber on 27 Mar 2013
My problem was that my drawMyMask.m file looked like this:
function drawMyMask
image(imread('pic.jpg'))
port_label('input', 1, 'my_input')
The thing throwing it off was the first line -- it needed to be a straight script, not a function. Delete the "function" line, and all works.
Kaustubha Govind
Kaustubha Govind on 27 Mar 2013
mlimber: Thanks for posting your solution! I'd recommend posting it as an answer and accepting it, so it is clear that this question has been resolved.

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