SPViewFieldCollection.Add method (SPField)

Adds the specified field to the collection.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Add ( _
    field As SPField _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As SPViewFieldCollection
Dim field As SPField

instance.Add(field)

public void Add(
    SPField field
)

Parameters

• field
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPField

  An SPField object that represents the field.

Remarks

The Add method requires that the Update method of the SPView class be called for changes to take effect in the database.

Examples

The following code example uses the Add method to make an existing field a view field for the specified list.

Dim siteCollection As SPSite = SPControl.GetContextSite(Context)
Dim site As SPWeb = siteCollection.AllWebs("Site_Name")
Dim list As SPList = site.Lists("List_Name")
Dim view As SPView = list.Views("View_Name")
Dim viewFields As SPViewFieldCollection = view.ViewFields
Dim newViewField As SPField = list.Fields("Field_Name")

viewFields.Add(newViewField)

view.Update() 

SPSite oSiteCollection = SPContext.Current.Site;
using (SPWeb oWebsite = oSiteCollection.AllWebs["Website_Name"])
{
    SPList oList = oWebsite.Lists["List_Name"];
    SPView oView = oList.Views["View_Name"];
    SPViewFieldCollection collViewFields = oView.ViewFields;
    SPField oViewField = oList.Fields["Field_Name"];
    collViewFields.Add(oViewField);
    oView.Update();
}

See also

Reference

SPViewFieldCollection class

SPViewFieldCollection members

Add overload

Microsoft.SharePoint namespace