function [options, res] = getOptions(obj)
    try 
        get_param(obj.modelToSyncOptions, 'name');
    catch 
        obj.modelToSyncOptions = obj.topModelName;
    end
    options = cvi.CvhtmlSettings(obj.modelToSyncOptions);
    res = false;
    chtmlOptions = get_param(obj.modelToSyncOptions, 'CovHTMLOptions');
    %first time asked
    if isempty(obj.htmlOptions) 
        obj.htmlOptions = chtmlOptions;
    end
    if ~compareHtmlOptions(obj, obj.htmlOptions, chtmlOptions)
        resetLastReportLinks(obj);
        obj.htmlOptions = chtmlOptions;
        res = true;
    end
end    