SaveAs Method

Applies To

AppointmentItem object, ContactItem object, JournalItem object, MailItem object, MeetingRequestItem object, NoteItem object, PostItem object, RemoteItem object, ReportItem object, TaskItem object, TaskRequestItem object.

Description

Saves the Outlook item to the specified path and in the format of the specified file type. If the file type is not specified, the MSG format is used.

Syntax

expression.SaveAs(Path, Type)

expression An expression that returns an Outlook item object.

Path Required String. The path on which to save the item.

Type Optional Variant. The file type to save. Can be one of the following OlSaveAsType constants: olDoc, olMSG, olRTF, olTemplate, or olTXT.

Example

This example saves the currently open item as a text file in the My Documents folder, using the subject as the file name.

Set myItem = myOlApp.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
myItem.SaveAs "C:\My Doc    uments\" & myItem.Subject & _
    ".txt", olTXT