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Folder.Views property (Outlook)

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Returns the Views collection object of the Folder object. Read-only.

Syntax

expression. Views

expression A variable that represents a Folder object.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates an instance of the Views collection and displays the XML definition of a view called "Table View". If the view does not exist, it creates one.

Sub DisplayViewDef() 
 
 'Displays the XML definition of a View object 
 
 Dim objName As Outlook.NameSpace 
 
 Dim objViews As Outlook.Views 
 
 Dim objView As Outlook.View 
 
 
 
 Set objName = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI") 
 
 Set objViews = objName.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Views 
 
 'Return a view called Table View if it already exists, else create one 
 
 Set objView = objViews.Item("Table View") 
 
 If objView Is Nothing Then 
 
 Set objView = objViews.Add("Table View", olTableView, _ 
 
 olViewSaveOptionAllFoldersOfType) 
 
 End If 
 
 MsgBox objView.XML 
 
End Sub

See also

Folder Object

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