Microsoft KB Archive/224873

= OL2000: Some DocumentItem.SaveAs Options Don't Work =

Article ID: 224873

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224873



SYMPTOMS
You use the SaveAs method of the DocumentItem object, but the item is not saved.



CAUSE
The only two formats that save correctly are Outlook Template (OFT) and Message Format (MSG).



RESOLUTION
Depending on your solution, you may be able to work around this problem by accessing the object model of the Microsoft Office program, and using the SaveAs method in the Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Powerpoint object models to save the file in a specific format.

For additional information about accessing the other object models, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

201091 OL2000: Programmatically Accessing Office Form Documents



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The options to save in various file formats works correctly with mail messages (MailItem objects).

