_Application.DefaultSaveFormat Property 

Returns or sets the default format that will appear in the Save as type box in the Save As dialog box (File menu).

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (in microsoft.office.interop.word.dll)

Usage

Dim _Application1 As _Application

Dim returnValue As String
returnValue = _Application1.DefaultSaveFormat

Dim sampleValue As String
_Application1.DefaultSaveFormat = sampleValue

Syntax

Property DefaultSaveFormat() As String
string DefaultSaveFormat {get; set;}
property String^ DefaultSaveFormat{
    String^ get();
    Void set(String^);
}
public System.String get_DefaultSaveFormat();
public void set_DefaultSaveFormat(System.String);
function get DefaultSaveFormat() : String;
function set DefaultSaveFormat(String);

Remarks

Corresponds to the Save Word files as box on the Save tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu).

The string used with this property is the file converter class name. The class names for internal Microsoft Word formats are listed in the following table.

Word format

File converter class name

Word Document

""

Document Template

"Dot"

Text Only

"Text"

Text Only with Line Breaks

"CRText"

MS-DOS Text

"8Text"

MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks

"8CRText"

Rich Text Format

"Rtf"

Unicode Text

"Unicode"

Use the ClassName property with a FileConverter object to determine the class name of an external file converter.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

_Application Interface
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace

Other Resources

_Application Members