GetViewsByName Method

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Gets a collection of views that matches the name.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

expression.GetViewsByName( _
   ByVal name As String _
) As View() object

where expression is a variable that represents a Frame Object

Parameters

name: The name to match

Return Value

A set of View objects.This is a set of View Objects that match the specified name.

Remarks

If you are developing a Microsoft Office macro, use a Variant type when enumerating through a set as shown in the following sample. Do not use a View type as an enumerator in a Microsoft Office macro.

If you are developing a macro in a OpenText product, you can use a Variant type or a View type for the enumerator.

Example

This sample gets all of the running views and prints the number of views and the title of each view.

Visual Basic

Public Sub GetRunningViewsByName()
    'Declare object variables for the Application and Frame Objects
    Dim app As Attachmate_Reflection_Objects_Framework.ApplicationObject
    Dim f As Attachmate_Reflection_Objects.Frame
    
    'Declare variables for views
    Dim myView As Attachmate_Reflection_Objects.view
    Dim v As Variant
    Dim allViews As Variant
 
    'Get a handle to the Application object
    Set app = GetObject("Reflection Workspace")
    
    'Get the Frame object and print the number of views
    Set f = app.GetObject("Frame")
    Debug.Print "count=" & f.ViewCount
 
    'Get all the view objects in the frame and print the title of each view
    allViews = f.GetViewsByName("")
    For Each v In allViews
        Set myView = v
        Debug.Print "View title = " & myView.titleText
    Next
End Sub

Reference

Frame Object
Frame Members

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