View.ViewType property (Outlook)

Returns an OlViewType constant representing the view type of a View object. Read-only.

Syntax

expression. ViewType

expression An expression that returns a View object.

Remarks

This property does not have any effect on the icons displayed in the Shortcuts pane. Large icons have been removed and if this property is set to olLargeIcon, it will not have any effect.

Example

The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example displays the name and type of all views in the user's Inbox.

Sub DisplayViewMode() 
 
 'Displays the names and view modes for all views 
 
 Dim objName As Outlook.NameSpace 
 
 Dim objViews As Outlook.Views 
 
 Dim objView As Outlook.View 
 
 Dim strTypes As String 
 
 
 
 Set objName = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI") 
 
 Set objViews = objName.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Views 
 
 'Collect names and view types for all views 
 
 For Each objView In objViews 
 
 strTypes = strTypes & objView.Name & vbTab & vbTab & objView.ViewType & vbCr 
 
 Next objView 
 
 'Display message box 
 
 MsgBox "Current Inbox Views and Viewtypes:" & vbCr & _ 
 
 vbCr & strTypes 
 
End Sub

See also

View Object

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