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The ViewManager contains the following methods.

[[addrange  add a range limit .htm|AddRange (add a range limit)]]

[[addsortorder  add a sort order .htm|AddSortOrder (add a sort order)]]

[[appendorder  refine a sort order .htm|AppendOrder (refine a sort order)]]

[[applyfilter  range limit and filter the result set .htm|ApplyFilter (range limit and filter the result set)]]

[[applyorder  sort the result set .htm|ApplyOrder (sort the result set)]]

[[applyrange  conditionally range limit and filter the result set .htm|ApplyRange (conditionally range limit and filter the result set)]]

[[close  close the view .htm|Close (close the view)]]

[[getfreeelementname  return free key element name .htm|GetFreeElementName (return free key element name)]]

[[getfreeelementposition  return free key element position .htm|GetFreeElementPosition (return free key element position)]]

[[init  initialize the viewmanager object .htm|Init (initialize the ViewManager object)]]

[[kill  shut down the viewmanager object .htm|Kill (shut down the ViewManager object)]]

[[next  get the next element .htm|Next (get the next element)]]

[[open  open the view .htm|Open (open the view)]]

[[previous  get the previous element .htm|Previous (get the previous element)]]

[[primerecord  prepare a record for adding viewmanager .htm|PrimeRecord (prepare a record for adding:ViewManager)]]

[[reset  reset the view position .htm|Reset (reset the view position)]]

[[setfilter   add  change  or remove active filter .htm|SetFilter (add, change, or remove active filter)]]

[[setorder   replace a sort order .htm|SetOrder (replace a sort order)]]

[[setsort  set the active sort order .htm|SetSort (set the active sort order)]]

[[useview  use lazyopen files .htm|UseView (use LazyOpen files)]]

[[validaterecord  validate an element .htm|ValidateRecord (validate an element)]]

**See Also:**

[[viewmanager functional organization  expected use.htm|ViewManager Functional Organization--Expected Use]]