getPrevDocument (NotesView - JavaScript™)
Given a document in a view, returns the document immediately preceding it.
Defined in
NotesViewSyntax
getPrevDocument(doc:NotesDocument) : NotesDocument | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
doc |
Any document in the view. Cannot be null. |
| Return value | Description |
|---|---|
NotesDocument |
The document preceding the parameter. Returns null if there is no preceding document. |
Usage
If the view is filtered by FTSearch, this method returns the first document in the filtered view.The NotesViewNavigator and NotesViewEntryCollection classes provide more efficient methods for navigating views and accessing entries.
Examples
This button gets all the documents in a view from last to first.var v:NotesView = database.getView("main");
var doc:NotesDocument = v.getLastDocument();
while (doc != null) {
requestScope.status += "\n" +
doc.getItemValueString("subject");
var tmpdoc = v.getPrevDocument(doc);
doc.recycle();
doc = tmpdoc;
}