JS CS3: Setting SaveOptions

Hi all,
neither Google nor the Search of this forum could help me...
I want to save an .ai file in an old version.
I know the command is aDoc(aFile, aiSaveOptions)
My problem is: how do I declare those SaveOptions?
With PDFSaveOptions and EPSSaveOptions I can create an options-object with
aSO = new PDFSaveOptions();
But when I try
aSO = new AISaveOptions();
I get an error stating "AISaveOptions has no constructor"
What is the secret here?
Thank you
Gerald

Steve, thank you.
I can't find IllustratorSaveOptions in ESTKs object model listing. Only AISaveOptions.
But IllustratorSaveOptions works!
For the lurkers, this does its job:
var aFile = new File("~/Desktop/Aics2.ai");
var aiOptions = new IllustratorSaveOptions;
with (aiOptions) {
compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR12;
compressed = true;
embedICCProfile = false;
embedLinkedFiles = true;
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app.documents[0].saveAs (aFile, aiOptions);

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