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CustomViewsOnly Property

Returns or sets a Boolean that determines which views are displayed on the View menu for a given folder. If set to the True, only user-created views will appear on the menu. Read/write.

expression.CustomViewsOnly

*expression   * Required. An expression that returns a MAPIFolder object.

Remarks

This property has an effect only on the View menu. It does not affect the display of views in the Navigation Pane.

Example

The following example prompts the user to select a view option. If the user chooses to view all views, the CustomViewsOnly property is set to False. If the user chooses to view only custom views, the CustomViewsOnly property is set to True. Once the property is changed, the outcome of the change can be seen in the user interface.

Sub SetCusView()
'Sets the CustomViewsOnly property depending on the user's response

    Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
    Dim nmsName As Outlook.NameSpace
    Dim fldFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
    Dim lngAns As Long

    Set olApp = New Outlook.Application
    Set nmsName = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set fldFolder = nmsName.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)

    'Prompt user for input
    lngAns = MsgBox("Would you like to view only custom views in the View menu?", vbYesNo)

    Call SetVal(fldFolder, lngAns)

End Sub

Sub SetVal(ByRef fldFolder As MAPIFolder, ByVal lngAns As Long)
'Modifies the CustomViewsOnly property to display views on the View menu

    If lngAns = vbYes Then
        fldFolder.CustomViewsOnly = True
    Else
        fldFolder.CustomViewsOnly = False
    End If

    'Display only custom views
    If lngAns = vbYes Then
       MsgBox "The View menu for the " & fldFolder.Name & " folder will now display only custom views."
    'Display all views
    Else
       MsgBox "The View menu for the " & fldFolder.Name & " folder will now display all views."
    End If

End Sub

Applies to | MAPIFolder Object

See Also | View Object | Views Collection | ViewType Property