DocumentLibrary Object

Represents the collection of documents in the current Web site.

This object is supported only by Web pages or sites that are based on Microsoft SharePoint Services.

Using the DocumentLibrary object

Use Lists.Item(index), where index is either the name of the document library or its numeric position within the collection, to return a single DocumentLibrary object. The following example displays the names of all document libraries in the active Web site. If the Web site contains no document libraries, a message is displayed to the user.

Sub ListAllLibraries()
'Displays the names of all document libraries
'in the collection.

    Dim lstWebList As List
    Dim strName As String
    Dim blnFound As Boolean

    'Set found flag to false
    blnFound = False
    'Check if any lists exist and is so, cycle through them
    If Not ActiveWeb.Lists Is Nothing Then
        For Each lstWebList In ActiveWeb.Lists
            If lstWebList.Type = fpListTypeDocumentLibrary Then
                'Set boolean flag to found and add name to string
                blnFound = True
                If strName = "" Then
                    strName = lstWebList.Name & vbCr
                Else
                    strName = strName & lstWebList.Name & vbCr
                End If
            End If
        Next
        If blnFound = True Then
            'Display names of all document libraries
            MsgBox "The names of all document libraries in the current web site are:" _
                   & vbCr & strName
        Else
            MsgBox "There are no document libraries in the current web site."
        End If
    Else
        'Otherwise display message to user
        MsgBox "The current web contains no lists."
    End If

End Sub

		

Use the List object's Add method to create a new list of type fpListTypeDocumentLibrary. The following example creates a new document library called Newlibrary.

Sub NewLibrary()
'Adds a new list to the current web site

    Dim objApp As FrontPage.Application
    Dim objLists As Lists

    Set objApp = FrontPage.Application
    Set objLists = objApp.ActiveWeb.Lists
    'Add new list
    objLists.Add Name:="NewLibrary", _
                 ListType:=fpListTypeDocumentLibrary, _
                 Description:="List of Shared files"

    'Display message to user
    MsgBox "A new library was added to the Lists collection."

End Sub