Text message / E-mail Matlab! 1.0

Have you ever had a need to invert a matrix while out for dinner? Have you ever had the need to solve a second-order differential equation while stuck in traffic but didn't have access to Matlab? Well, now you can!This is a VBA module file (*.bas) that allows you to evaluate a string in Matlab by calling the Matlab interface. In order to get it fully functional, you have to integrate it with Microsoft Outlook by using the following steps:Step 1) Make a Gmail account of your choice.Step 2) Add the Gmail account to Microsoft Outlook via Gmail's IMAP interface.Step 3) Open the Visual Basic Editor. (Alt-F11)Step 4) Add the Matlab Server Automation... Reference. (Tools > References)Step 5) Double click the ThisOutlookSession module in the Project window.Step 6) In the left pull-down menu for the module window, select Application. In the right pull-down menu, select NewMailEx.Step 7) You have to use a function that (safely) bypasses some of VBA's security dialogs. Use the following code for NewMailEx:Private Sub Application_NewMailEx(ByVal EntryIDCollection As String) Dim iMsg, iConf, Flds Dim varEntryIDs Dim objItem Dim i As Integer Dim matlabStr As String Dim strID As String Dim olNS As Outlook.NameSpace Dim olMail As Outlook.MailItem Set iMsg = CreateObject("CDO.Message") Set iConf = CreateObject("CDO.Configuration") Set Flds = iConf.Fields schema = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/" Flds.Item(schema & "sendusing") = 2 Flds.Item(schema & "smtpserver") = "smtp.gmail.com" Flds.Item(schema & "smtpserverport") = 465 Flds.Item(schema & "smtpauthenticate") = 1 Flds.Item(schema & "sendusername") = "your.gmail.user.name@gmail.com" Flds.Item(schema & "sendpassword") = "your.gmail.password" Flds.Item(schema & "smtpusessl") = 1 Flds.Update varEntryIDs = Split(EntryIDCollection, ",") For i = 0 To UBound(varEntryIDs) strID = varEntryIDs(i) Set olNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI") Set olMail = olNS.GetItemFromID(strID) matlabStr = EvalStrInML(olMail.Body) matlabStr = Replace(matlabStr, Chr(10), "") With iMsg .To = olMail.SenderEmailAddress .From = "Your Name " .Subject = "Matlab Results" .HTMLBody = "" & ">> " & olMail.Body & "" & matlabStr .Sender = "Your Name" .Organization = "" .ReplyTo = "your.gmail.user.name@gmail.com" Set .Configuration = iConf SendEmailGmail = .Send End With Set iMsg = Nothing Set iConf = Nothing Set Flds = Nothing Next Set olMail = Nothing Set olNS = NothingEnd SubStep 8) Right-click the Modules folder on the Project panel and click Import File. Select the *.bas file EvalStrInML.bas file.Step 9) Change your Send/Receive settings to check for e-mail every 1 minute.You should be good to go! Any e-mails that gets sent to your.gmail.user.name@gmail.com will show up in your Outlook account. When they do, Outlook will parse the body of the e-mail and send it over to Matlab for evaluation. Outlook then takes the results and sends an e-mail back out through your Gmail account.Here's an example:From: Stefan Novak To: My Matlab Email Interface Subject: Let's try a test!Body: inv([5,8,2;4,10,2;9,3,7])The reply:From: My Matlab Email Interface To: Stefan Novak Subject: Matlab ResultsBody:>> inv([5,8,2;4,10,2;9,3,7])ans =0.7619 -0.5952 -0.0476-0.1190 0.2024 -0.0238-0.9286 0.6786 0.2143Note: This also works with text messages (as long as your phone is capable of text messaging e-mail address.)

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Matlab
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