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FILTERGROUP Example

krikikriki Member, Moderator Posts: 9,096
edited 2007-02-21 in NAV Tips & Tricks
FILTERGROUPS are used in 2 ways:
1) when you want to put multiple filters on the SAME field
2) when you want to hide a filter from the users, so they cannot change/delete it

-Example for 1: I want Customers whose names start with ABC and have XYZ somewhere in their names
SETFILTER("Customer Name",'ABC*');
FILTERGROUP(6);
SETFILTER("Customer Name",'*XYZ*');
FILTERGROUP(0);

-Example for 2: : the use has to select an item from a certain Vendor and he may NOT change (or delete) the filer on the vendor.
recItem.RESET;
recItem.FILTERGROUP(6);
recItem.SETRANGE("Vendor No.",codVendorNo);
recItem.FILTERGROUP(0);
IF FORM.RUNMODAL(0,recItem) = ACTION::LOOKUPOK THEN BEGIN
  ...
END;
The FILTERGROUP 6 changes the filtergroup in which I put the SETRANGE, then I put the FILTERGROUP back to 0 (the standard one) so the user doesn't see/cannot change my filter on Vendor no.
Regards,Alain Krikilion
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    Slawek_GuzekSlawek_Guzek Member Posts: 1,690
    I would add one more area of use - reports.

    You can do:

    Filtergroup(6);
    setrange(filed,your filter);
    Filtergroup(0);

    and then if even you expose the filtered field to the user on the request form, both filters, your and typed by the user, apply.

    Regards,
    Slawek
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