ContactItem.SaveAs method (Outlook)

Saves the Microsoft 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 (.msg) is used.

Syntax

expression.SaveAs (Path, Type)

expression A variable that represents a ContactItem object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Path	Required	String	The path in which to save the item.
Type	Optional	Variant	The file type to save. Can be one of the following OlSaveAsType constants: olHTML, olMSG, olRTF, olTemplate, olDoc, olTXT, olVCal, olVCard, olICal, or olMSGUnicode.

Remarks

Also note that even though olDoc is a valid OlSaveAsType constant, messages in HTML format cannot be saved in Document format, and the olDoc constant works only if Microsoft Word is set up as the default email editor.

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses the SaveAs method to save the currently open item as a text file in the Documents folder, using the subject as the file name. To run this example, make sure a mail item in plain text format is open in the active window.

Sub SaveAsTXT() 
    Dim myItem As Outlook.Inspector 
    Dim objItem As Object 
    Set myItem = myOlApp.ActiveInspector 
    If Not TypeName(myItem) = "Nothing" Then 
        Set objItem = myItem.CurrentItem 
        strname = objItem.Subject 
        'Prompt the user for confirmation 
        Dim strPrompt As String 
        strPrompt = "Are you sure you want to save the item? " & _ 
            "If a file with the same name already exists, " & _ 
            "it will be overwritten with this copy of the file." 
        If MsgBox(strPrompt, vbYesNo + vbQuestion) = vbYes Then 
            objItem.SaveAs Environ("HOMEPATH") & "\My Documents\" & strname & ".txt", olTXT 
        End If 
    Else 
        MsgBox "There is no current active inspector." 
    End If 
End Sub

This Visual Basic for Applications example shows you how to create a template using the SaveAs method.

Sub CreateTemplate() 
    Dim MyItem As Outlook.ContactItem 

    Set MyItem = Application.CreateItem(olContactItem) 
    MyItem.Subject = "Status Report" 
    MyItem.Display 
    MyItem.SaveAs Environ("HOMEPATH") & "\My Documents\statusrep.oft", OlSaveAsType.olTemplate 
End Sub

See also

ContactItem Object

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