Description Property

Microsoft FrontPage Visual Basic

Description Property

Returns or sets a String that represents the description for the current list. The description appears below the title of the list on the default view page. Read/write.

expression.Description

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

The following example prompts the user to enter a description for the first list in the collection, and then changes the Description property based on the user's input.

    Sub SetDescription()
'Set the list description

    Dim objApp As FrontPage.Application
    Dim objWeb As WebEx
    Dim lstWebList As List
    Dim StrDesc As String

    Set objApp = FrontPage.Application
    Set objWeb = objApp.ActiveWeb
    'Reference first list in collection
    Set lstWebList = objWeb.Lists.Item(0)
    'Get new description from user
    StrDesc = InputBox("Enter a new description for the list " & _
              lstWebList.Name & ".")
    'Set description property
    lstWebList.Description = StrDesc

End Sub