LotusScript for Visual Basic Programmers - IBM Redbooks

We declare a session, db and view which reference the NotesView object.
Dim session As Object
Dim db As Object
Dim view As Object
We get the reference to NotesView using the GetView method of
NotesDatabase.
Set view = db.GetView("By Author")
We print out the Name of the view.
Print (view.Name)
Locating a View
If the name of the view or folder is known, specify it to the GetView
method of NotesDatabase. The view or folder name must be specified
exactly, including cascades; for example, Certificates and ID
Information\Cross Certificates. If the name has a synonym, you can specify
the name or the synonym. For example, if a view name is By Author and
the synonym is AuthorView, you can specify it as
“By Author”
or
“AuthorView”
However, you cannot specify both the name and the alias using the OR
operator. For example, By Author | AuthorView is not possible.
If the name of the view or folder is not known, you can compare each view
and folder in the Views property of NotesDatabase with one of the
NotesView properties; for example, IsDefaultView or UniversalID.
For more details, refer to the previous example.
Deleting a View
If you update a database by adding, deleting, or changing information, the
updates are not reflected in a view or folder until they are refreshed. The
user can refresh a view or folder by clicking the refresh button or choosing
View - Refresh.
If you want updates to automatically appear in a view or folder, call the
Refresh method of NotesView after the update is complete. Document
updates must first be posted to storage using the Save method of
NotesDocument.
If you want to remove a view or a folder, call the Remove method.
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