SPView.AllowsField Method
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the specified field can be displayed in the view.
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Function AllowsField ( _
fldCandidate As SPField _
) As Boolean
'Usage
Dim instance As SPView
Dim fldCandidate As SPField
Dim returnValue As Boolean
returnValue = instance.AllowsField(fldCandidate)
public bool AllowsField(
SPField fldCandidate
)
Parameters
fldCandidate
Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldThe field to verify.
Return Value
Type: System.Boolean
Boolean
For external lists, a Boolean value that indicates whether the field can be displayed in the view. For non-external lists always returns true.
Remarks
For external lists, a finder is executed to return data for the view. In general, the set of fields returned by the view's finder is a subset of the set of fields in the list. For fields not returned by the finder, AllowsField(SPField) returns false.