Views.GetViewHtml Method

Returns the full schema of the specified view for the specified list, including the HTML sections.

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

Syntax

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

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

Parameters

  • listName
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the name of the list.

  • viewName
    Type: System.String

    A string that contains the GUID specifying the view.

Return Value

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

<GetViewHTMLResult>
  <View Name="{C1036607-EC8A-11d3-82AA-0050048394B0}" DefaultView="TRUE" 
    Type="HTML" DisplayName="All Contacts" Url="Lists/Contacts/AllItems.htm" 
    BaseViewID="1" >
    <ViewHeader>
    ...
    </ViewHeader>
    <ViewBody>
    ...
    </ViewBody>
    <ViewFooter>
    ...
    </ViewFooter>
    <GroupByHeader>
    ...
    </GroupByHeader>
    <GroupByFooter>
    ...
    </GroupByFooter>  
    <PagedRowset>
    ...
    </PagedRowset>
    <PagedRecurrenceRowset>
    ...
    </PagedRecurrenceRowset> 
    <ViewEmpty>
    ...
    </ViewEmpty>
    <ViewBidiHeader>
    ...
    </ViewBidiHeader>
    <Toolbar Type="Standard">
    ...
    </Toolbar>
    <ViewFields>
      <FieldRef Name="LinkTitle" /> 
      <FieldRef Name="FirstName" /> 
      <FieldRef Name="Company" /> 
      <FieldRef Name="WorkPhone" /> 
      <FieldRef Name="HomePhone" /> 
      <FieldRef Name="Email" /> 
    </ViewFields>
    <Query>
      <OrderBy>
        <FieldRef Name="Title" />
        <FieldRef Name="FirstName" />
      </OrderBy>
    </Query>
    <Aggregations>
      <FieldRef Name=”Column1” Type=”Minimum”>
    </Aggregations>
    <RowLimit Paged="TRUE">100</RowLimit>
  </View>
</GetViewHTMLResult>

Examples

The following code example uses the GetViewHtml method to display the full schema of a specified view for a specified 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.GetViewHtml("List_Name", "71bb8975-c59f-4218-a045-eab56b41e666")

MessageBox.Show(node.OuterXml)
Web_Reference_Folder.Views viewService = new Web_Reference_Folder.Views();
viewService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

XmlNode node = viewService.GetViewHtml("List_Name", "71bb8975-c59f-4218-a045-eab56b41e666");

MessageBox.Show(node.OuterXml);

See Also

Reference

Views Class

Views Members

Views Web Service