/// <summary>
/// Delete a named view from a given list.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listName">Name of the list to delete. "*" will delete the
/// specified view from all lists. Handy when you want to delete something like
/// Explorer view from all Document Libraries.</param>
/// <param name="viewName">Name of the view to delete.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool DeleteView(string listName, string viewName)
{
bool rc = false;
Lists ws = NewListsWebService();
Views vws = NewViewsWebService();
// "*" gets the collection of lists from the server then
// proceeds to delete the view from each list
if (listName.ToUpper() == "*")
{
XmlNode listCollection = ws.GetListCollection();
foreach (XmlNode list in listCollection)
{
listName = list.Attributes["Title"].Value;
try
{
string viewGuid = GetViewGuidByName(listName, viewName);
if (viewGuid != "")
{
vws.DeleteView(listName, viewGuid);
rc = true;
}
}
catch (SoapException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Detail.InnerText);
}
}
}
else
{
string viewGuid = GetViewGuidByName(listName, viewName);
if (viewGuid != "")
{
try
{
vws.DeleteView(listName, viewGuid);
rc = true;
}
catch (SoapException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Detail.InnerText);
}
}
}
return(rc);
}
