/// <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); }