Jacob - save outlook message as .msg file

Hi,
I need to save an outlook mail item as a .msg file using Jacob.
In C# I would use the syntax
mail.SaveAs(savePathAndName, Outlook.OlSaveAsType.olMSG) where 'mail' is an outlook mailitem, the first parameter is a string and the second parameter is a type.
In Jacob I've tried various combinations of
Variant saveResult = Dispatch.call(mailItem, "SaveAs", "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlSaveAsType.olMSG");
with no success
Any ideas?
tvm
RCF

Variant saveResult = Dispatch.call(mailItem, "SaveAs", directory + "newEmailName.msg");
thanks you, i found it because of you :)

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