The following methods access the View properties.

• getAliases returns a vector of String values containing the aliases of the view or folder, or null if there are no aliases; setAliases (with a Vector parameter) sets the aliases from a vector of String values. The method setAliases (with a String parameter) sets the aliases from a single String value.
• getAllEntries returns a ViewEntryCollection object representing all the document entries in the view or folder.
• getBackgroundColor returns an int value containing a color code for the background color of the view or folder; setBackgroundColor sets the background color.
• getColumnCount returns an int value containing the number of columns in the view or folder.
• getColumnNames returns a vector of String values containing the names of the columns in the view or folder.
• getColumns returns a vector of ViewColumn objects representing the columns in the view or folder.
• getCreated returns a DateTime object representing the creation date and time of the view or folder.
• getEntryCount returns an int value containing the number of documents in a view.
• getHeaderLines returns an int value containing the number of lines in the header of the view or folder.
• getHTTPURL returns a String value containing the HTTP URL of a view.
• isAutoUpdate returns true if the front-end view is updated each time a change occurs in the back-end and false if the updates occur when the program ends; setAutoUpdate causes updates to occur automatically or not.
• isCalendar returns true if this is a calendar view.
• isCategorized returns true if the view or folder is categorized.
• isConflict returns true if a calendar view is enabled for conflict checking.
• isDefaultView returns true if this is the default view; setDefaultView set this as the default view.
• isFolder returns true if this is a folder.
• isHierarchical returns true if a view or folder shows response documents in a hierarchy.
• isModified returns true if the view is modified.
• isProhibitDesignRefresh returns true if a design refresh or replace cannot overwrite the view; setProhibitDesignRefresh allows the view to be overwritten or not.
• isProtectReaders returns true if the $Readers field is protected from being overwritten during replication; setProtectReaders protects the $Readers field or not.
• getLastModified returns a DateTime object representing the modification date and time of the view or folder.
• getName returns a String value containing the name of the view or folder; setName sets the name.
• getNotesURL returns a String value containing the Notes URL of a view.
• getParent returns a Database object representing the database containing the view or folder.
• getReaders returns a vector of String values containing the contents of the $Readers field for the view or folder, or null; setReaders sets the value of the $Readers field.
• getRowLines returns an int value containing the number of lines in each row.
• getSelectionFormula returns a String value containing the view's selection formula setSelectionFormula sets the selection formula.
• getSpacing returns an int value containing a code for the spacing between rows; setSpacing sets the spacing.
• getTopLevelEntryCount returns an int value containing the number of top-level entries in a view.
• getUniversalID returns a String value containing the universal ID of the view or folder.
• getViewInheritedName returns a String value containing the name of the view whose design this view inherits.

Accessing views and folders

Glossary