How do I add an Appointment in Outlook from within MATLAB 7.2 (R2006a)?

I would like to know how I can add an appointment to Microsoft Outlook from within MATLAB using ActiveX. I would also like to attach the appointment to email created from within MATLAB.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This example illustrates how to create and send an appointment in Outlook from within MATLAB using ActiveX:

h = actxserver('outlook.Application')

% Create the appointment object

appointment = h.CreateItem('olAppointmentItem') 

% Set some common properties of the appointment object.

appointment.Subject = 'Myappointment'

appointment.Body = 'This appointment was created in MATLAB'

appointment.Location = 'myLocation'

appointment.Start = '04/26/2006'

appointment.End = '04/27/2006'

appointment.ReminderSet = 1

appointment.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 5

appointment.IsOnlineMeeting = 0

%Save the appointment

appointment.Save()

You can attach this appointment to an email and send it:

%Create email object

mail = h.CreateItem('olMail'); 

%Set properties of the email object

mail.Subject = 'This email was sent from within MATLAB';

mail.To = '[e-mail]';

mail.Body = 'Please find your appointment attached';

mail.BodyFormat = 'olFormatHTML';

%Attach the appointment to the email

mail.attachments.Add(appointment);

%Send the email

mail.Send;

%Release the Outlook interface

h.release;%