Windows SharePoint Services RPC Methods
This reference includes information about the methods and usage of Windows SharePoint Services Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol. This protocol can be used in Win32-based applications or in ASPX applications to make HTTP POST requests to the server. Methods in this protocol that do not modify the contents of the database can also be used in URL protocol to make HTTP GET requests.
For general information about Windows SharePoint Services RPC, see the following topics :
- Introduction to Remote Procedure Call in Windows SharePoint Services
- Method Syntax
- Error Message Format for Windows SharePoint Services
- Posting Windows SharePoint Services RPC Methods
The following table shows the methods of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol and provides a brief description of each.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Cltreq | Performs all Web discussion operations such as adding, editing, or deleting a discussion associated with a Web page or with a document stored in a document library. |
| Delete | Deletes the specified item from the list or document library. |
| DELETEFIELD | Deletes a field from a SharePoint list. |
| DeleteList | Deletes the specified list. |
| DeleteView | Deletes the specified view. |
| dialogview | Opens a view of the document libraries within a site, of a specific document library, or of a folder within a document library that is used in a dialog box for opening or saving files; or opens the property form that is used when saving a file. |
| Display | Runs a database query and returns list data in XML or HTML format. You can specify the nature of the query, content to be returned, and the return format. |
| DisplayPost | Requests that Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services renders the Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) assigned to the post body of the form. |
| ExportList | Exports the schema of a list in the format of Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML). |
| GetProjSchema | Requests the XML schema for a Web site based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. |
| GetUsageBlob | Returns information about the usage of a Web site. |
| HitCounter | Generates a hit on a page containing a hit counter. |
| MODLISTSETTINGS | Changes the properties of a SharePoint list. |
| MtgKeep | Clears the orphaned state of a meeting occurrence that is no longer scheduled according to the application in whose calendar the occurrence was created. |
| MtgMove | Deletes an orphaned meeting occurrence, or moves the workspace content associated with an orphaned meeting occurrence to another meeting occurrence. |
| NEWFIELD | Adds a field to a SharePoint list. |
| NewList | Creates a SharePoint list of a specified type, such as Discussions, Contacts, or Survey. |
| NewView | Creates a view for the specified list. |
| NewViewPage | Adds a view page to a SharePoint Web site. |
| NewWebPage | Creates a new Web Part Page or a new basic page in the specified document library. |
| RenderView | Requests the contents of a view for a SharePoint list. |
| ReorderFields | Changes the order in which fields in a SharePoint list are displayed in the data entry form for the list. |
| Save | Adds or modifies an item in a list, or modifies properties for a folder or for a file in a document library. |
| SiteProvision | Requests that Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services add the default set of lists to an existing Web site. |
| UPDATEFIELD | Modifies the schema of an existing field in a SharePoint list. |
| UpdateView | Modifies the specified view of a list. |