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Retrieving the Names of all the Columns in a View using NotesView property, Columns		Date*
06/09/2026		Source (or email address if you prefer)*
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The example below will retrieve each column in the Intermediate view. The column title will be displayed if it exists, otherwise the user will be notified on the lack of a column title.		Type*
LotusScript		Categories*
(Misc)
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Through the NotesView property, Columns, all the columns in a view are made accessible. Using a ForAll statement, the columns in a view can be traversed, and, using the Title property, the titles of the columns can be retrieved.



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Dim session As New NotesSession 'Declare session as a new Notes session
Dim db As NotesDatabase 'Declare db as a Notes Database
Dim view As NotesView 'Declare view as a Notes View
Set db = session.CurrentDatabase 'Set db to the current Notes database (open)
Set view = db.GetView("Intermediate") 'Set view to a view called "Intermediate"
Forall x In view.Columns 'Loop through all the columns in the Intermediate view
If x.Title = "" Then 'If the title is blank, display a message, otherwise display the title
Messagebox "This column has no title." 'Display a "no column title" message
Else
Messagebox x.Title 'Else display the Title
End If
End Forall 'Loop