Send Emails from GUI

Hello,

I have a GUI where I used exportapp to save a uifigure to pdf file :

exportapp(fig1, 'info1.pdf')

Then, I found the following function file in Matlab, which can send emails. I tried using it in a Script file to send a pdf file and it worked. However, when I shift to GUI and try using the function to send the pdf generated from exportapp, it doesn't work. Though, I get the pdf saved on my pc.

This is the function file:

function sendolmail(to,subject,body,attachments)
%Sends email using MS Outlook. The format of the function is 
%Similar to the SENDMAIL command.
% Create object and set parameters.
h = actxserver('outlook.Application');
mail = h.CreateItem('olMail');
mail.Subject = subject;
mail.To = to;
mail.BodyFormat = 'olFormatHTML';
mail.HTMLBody = body;
% Add attachments, if specified.
if nargin == 4
    for i = 1:length(attachments)
        mail.attachments.Add(attachments{i});
    end
end
% Send message and release object.
mail.Send;
h.release;
end

This code is used to send the email:

sendolmail('Email Address','Summary Report',{'C:\info1.pdf' });

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

I don't know the answer to your question, but you might have better luck using the MATLAB-supplied sendmail function, rather than that quite old File Exchange function.

[Adam Danz]

Some demos

Developer zone blog article

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