UserGroup.GetGroupCollectionFromWeb Method

Returns information about the collection of groups for the current Web site.

Namespace:  websvcUsersGroups
Assembly:  STSSOAP (in STSSOAP.dll)

Syntax

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

returnValue = instance.GetGroupCollectionFromWeb()
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/GetGroupCollectionFromWeb", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public XmlNode GetGroupCollectionFromWeb()

Return Value

Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.

<GetGroupCollectionFromWeb xmlns=
   "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/">
   <Groups>
      <Group ID="3" Name="Group1" Description="Description" OwnerID="1" 
         OwnerIsUser="False" />
      <Group ID="15" Name="Group2" Description="Description" 
         OwnerID="12" OwnerIsUser="True" />
      <Group ID="16" Name="Group3" Description="Description" 
         OwnerID="7" OwnerIsUser="False" />
   </Groups>
</GetGroupCollectionFromWeb>

Examples

The following code example displays information about the collection of groups on the current Web site. This example requires that a using (Visual C#) or Imports (Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.

Dim usrgrpService As New Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup()
usrgrpService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

Dim ndGroups As System.Xml.XmlNode = usrgrpService.GetGroupCollectionFromWeb()

MessageBox.Show(ndGroups.OuterXml)
Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup usrgrpService = new Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup();
usrgrpService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

System.Xml.XmlNode ndGroups = usrgrpService.GetGroupCollectionFromWeb();

MessageBox.Show(ndGroups.OuterXml);

See Also

Reference

UserGroup Class

UserGroup Members

websvcUsersGroups Namespace