dialogview Method

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Opens a view of the document libraries within a site, of a specific document library, or of a folder within a document library that is used in a dialog box for opening or saving files; or opens the property form that is used when saving a file.

Syntax

http://Server_Name/[sites/][Site/]_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?
  dialogview=[FileOpen|FileSave|SaveForm]
  &location=Document_Library[/Folder][/File]
  &FileDialogFilterValue=Text

Parameters

dialogview

location

FileDialogFilterValue

Decoded

http://Server_Name/[sites/][Site/]_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?dialogview=FileOpen&location=myDocLib&FileDialogFilterValue=*.doc

Remarks

The dialogview method is used in URL protocol.

Return Value

Success

Displays the view of a document library or folder that is used in a file dialog box, in all document libraries in the site, or in the form used to specify document properties when saving a file.

Error

Returns an XML-encoded Unicode (UTF-8) text string. For more information, see Error Message Format for Windows SharePoint Services.