SPWeb.GetViewFromUrl method

Gets a view of a list within the site based on the specified URL.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetViewFromUrl ( _
    listUrl As String _
) As SPView
'Usage
Dim instance As SPWeb
Dim listUrl As String
Dim returnValue As SPView

returnValue = instance.GetViewFromUrl(listUrl)

public SPView GetViewFromUrl(
    string listUrl
)

Parameters

• listUrl
  Type: System.String

  The absolute or site-relative URL of the list for which the view is retrieved.

Return value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPView
The view of the list with the specified URL.

Exceptions

Examples

The following code example uses the GetViewFromUrl method to return a view and uses the view to return and display items.

Using webSite As SPWeb = SPContext.Current.Site.OpenWeb("Site_Name")
    Dim list As SPList = webSite.Lists("List_Name")

    Dim view As SPView = webSite.GetViewFromUrl("Lists/List_Name/View_Name.aspx")
    Dim listItems As SPListItemCollection = list.GetItems(view)

    Response.Write(SPEncode.HtmlEncode(listItems.Xml))
End Using

using (SPWeb oWebsite = SPContext.Current.Site.OpenWeb("Website_URL"))
{
    SPList oList = oWebsite.Lists["List_Name"];
    SPView oView = oWebsite.GetViewFromUrl("Lists/List_Name/View_Name.aspx");
    SPListItemCollection collListItems = oList.GetItems(oView);
    Response.Write(SPEncode.HtmlEncode(collListItems.Xml));
}

See also

Reference

SPWeb class

SPWeb members

Microsoft.SharePoint namespace