IconView.LockUserChanges property (Outlook)
Returns or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether a user can modify the settings of the current view. Read/write.
Syntax
expression. LockUserChanges
expression A variable that represents an IconView object.
Remarks
If True, the user can modify the settings of the current view. However, changes made to the interface will not be saved. If False (the default), any changes will be saved.
Example
The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example locks the user interface for all views that are available to all users. The subroutine LockView accepts the View object and a Boolean value that indicates if the View user interface will be locked. In this example, the procedure is always called with the Boolean value set to True.
Sub LockPublicViews()
Dim objName As NameSpace
Dim objViews As Views
Dim objView As View
' Get the Views collection for the Contacts default folder.
Set objName = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objViews = objName.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts).Views
' Enumerate the Views collection and lock the user
' interface for any view that can be accessed by
' all users who have access to the Notes default folder.
For Each objView In objViews
If objView.SaveOption = olViewSaveOptionThisFolderEveryone Then
Call LockView(objView, True)
End If
Next objView
End Sub
Sub LockView(ByRef objView As View, ByVal blnAns As Boolean)
' Examine the view object.
With objView
If blnAns = True Then
' Lock the user interface and
' save the view
.LockUserChanges = True
.Save
Else
' Unlock the user interface of the view.
.LockUserChanges = False
End If
End With
End Sub
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