SPView.AllowsField Method

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the specified field can be displayed in the view.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function AllowsField ( _
    fldCandidate As SPField _
) As Boolean
'Usage
Dim instance As SPView
Dim fldCandidate As SPField
Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = instance.AllowsField(fldCandidate)

public bool AllowsField(
    SPField fldCandidate
)

Parameters

• fldCandidate
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPField

  The field to verify.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
Boolean
For external lists, a Boolean value that indicates whether the field can be displayed in the view. For non-external lists always returns true.

Remarks

For external lists, a finder is executed to return data for the view. In general, the set of fields returned by the view's finder is a subset of the set of fields in the list. For fields not returned by the finder, AllowsField(SPField) returns false.

See Also

Reference

SPView Class

SPView Members

Microsoft.SharePoint Namespace