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In SharePoint, View is a virtual representation of a set of data from a specific list. We can programmatically create and update views for a list.

Provided below is an example in C#.Net which explains the approach of creating and updating views. The code is divided in to 2 parts i.e. Part I - describes how to create a view by assigning specific fields from a list, and Part II - describes how to update an existing view by adding few more fields to it.

using (SPSite oSPsite = new SPSite("http://website_url/"))

{

oSPsite.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;

using (SPWeb oSPWeb = oSPsite.OpenWeb())

{

oSPWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;

/* get the list instance by list name */

SPList list = oSPWeb.Lists["List_Name"];

/* ======== Part I (create a view) ======== */

// add the field names to the string collection

StringCollection strViewFields = new StringCollection();

strViewFields.Add("FullName");

strViewFields.Add("Address");

strViewFields.Add("City");

strViewFields.Add("State");

// create a standard view with the set of fields defined in the collection

list.Views.Add("View_Name", strViewFields, String.Empty,

100, true, false, SPViewCollection.SPViewType.Html, false);

/* ==== End Part I ==== */

/* ==== Part II (add fields to an existing view) ==== */

// get the view instance by view display name

SPView view = list.Views["Existing_View_Name"];

// add fields to the view

view.ViewFields.Add("Zip");

view.ViewFields.Add("Country");

// update view for new fields

view.Update();

/* ==== End Part II ==== */

/* update the list */

list.Update();

oSPWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;

}

oSPsite.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;

}

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SharePoint, C#, .NET

Author: Kaushik Mohanty

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