Views.GetViewCollection Method

Returns the display names, internal names, and URLs for the collection of views of the specified list.

Namespace:  [Views Web service]
Web service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/Views.asmx

Syntax

'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetViewCollection", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/",  _
    Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetViewCollection ( _
    listName As String _
) As XmlNode
'Usage
Dim instance As Views
Dim listName As String
Dim returnValue As XmlNode

returnValue = instance.GetViewCollection(listName)

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/GetViewCollection", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public XmlNode GetViewCollection(
    string listName
)

Parameters

• listName
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the internal name of the list.

Return Value

Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
A fragment in Introduction to Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) in the following form that contains the view properties and can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.

<GetViewCollectionResult>
  <Views>
    <View DisplayName="Allitems" Name="{C1036607-EC8A-11d3-82AA-0050048394B0}" 
      Url="List\Events\Allitems.aspx" />
    <View DisplayName="Summary" Name="{F1036607-EC8A-11d3-82AA-5556047394B0}" 
      Url="List\Events\Summary.aspx" />
    ...
  </Views>
</GetViewCollectionResult>

Examples

The following code example uses the GetViewCollection method to display information about the views for a list. This example requires that a using (C#) or Imports (Microsoft Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.

Dim viewService As New Web_Reference_Folder.Views()
viewService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

Dim node As XmlNode = viewService.GetViewCollection("List_Name")

MessageBox.Show(node.OuterXml)

Web_Reference_Folder.Views viewService = new Web_Reference_Folder.Views();
viewService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

XmlNode node = viewService.GetViewCollection("List_Name");

MessageBox.Show(node.OuterXml);

See Also

Reference

Views Class

Views Members

Views Web Service