Explorer.CurrentView Property

Returns or sets a Variant representing the current view. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.CurrentView

expression   A variable that represents an Explorer object.

Remarks

To obtain a View object for the view of the current Explorer, use Explorer.CurrentView instead of the CurrentView property of the current Folder object returned by Explorer.CurrentFolder.

You must save a reference to the View object returned by CurrentView before you proceed to use it for any purpose.

To properly reset the current view, you must do a View.Reset and then a View.Apply. The code sample below illustrates the order of the calls:

  Sub ResetView()
    Dim v as Outlook.View
    ' Save a reference to the current view object	
    Set v = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentView
    ' Reset and then apply the current view
    v.Reset
    v.Apply
End Sub

When this property is set, two events occur: BeforeViewSwitch occurs before the actual view change takes place and can be used to cancel the change and ViewSwitch takes place after the change is effective.

Example

The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example sets the current view in the active explorer to messages if the Inbox is displayed.

  Sub ChangeCurrentView()
    Dim myOlExp As Outlook.Explorer
Set myOlExp = Application.ActiveExplorer
If myOlExp.CurrentFolder = "Inbox" Then
    myOlExp.<strong class="bterm">CurrentView</strong> = "Messages"
End If

End Sub

See Also

• Explorer Object
• Explorer Object Members