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    #16
    Re: Help with a Filter

    Peter, Thank you for taking the time to look at this for me. The fields now work independently of eachother, but im really sorry to say that they do not also work together.

    For instance you can look up Desktop or Charity, but not the records for Desktop and Charity only.

    What do you think?

    Thanks again Peter.

    Denis

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      #17
      Re: Help with a Filter

      In the data I returned to you I placed a blank record in each, this is so the dropdown opens with nothing, do that then it will work.
      Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
      Albert Einstein, (attributed)
      US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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        #18
        Re: Help with a Filter

        Peter,

        Thanks again. I tested the code after a restart of Alpha (got to do that sometimes), and the Type and DSR fields work as they should. Fantastic, and the dreaded but... if you say choose

        CHARITY
        DESKTOP
        01/07/07
        31/07/07

        You get all items with charity and all items with desktops between the specified date. This only happens when you use dates with the Type & DSR fields.

        I tried replacing the .or. with .and. and it worked, but caused the other fields (vType VDSR) not to work together.

        Denis

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          #19
          Re: Help with a Filter

          paste this in where your filter is. Take a look at it and you will see how it works and set you in the right direction.

          Code:
          if VDsr <> "" .and. VType <> "" then
Filter = "(Dsr = \""+VDsr+"\"  )  .and. (Type = \""+VType+"\"  ) .and. (between(Date,ctod(\""+convert_type(VFromDate,"C")+"\"),ctod(\""+convert_type(VToDate,"C")+"\")) )"
end if

if VDsr = "" .or. VType = "" then
Filter = "(Dsr = \""+VDsr+"\"  )  .or. (Type = \""+VType+"\"  ) .and. (between(Date,ctod(\""+convert_type(VFromDate,"C")+"\"),ctod(\""+convert_type(VToDate,"C")+"\")) )"
Order = "Dsr+cdate(Date)+Type"
end if
          Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
          Albert Einstein, (attributed)
          US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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            #20
            Re: Help with a Filter

            Peter,

            Thank you for your perseverance.

            We have success!!!!

            The final code syntax is show below.

            Code:
            if vDSR <> "" .and. vType = "" then
    Filter = "(Dsr = \""+vDsr+"\"  ) .and. (between(Date_disp_cert,ctod(\""+convert_type(vFromDate,"C")+"\"),ctod(\""+convert_type(vToDate,"C")+"\")) )"
end if

if vDSR = "" .and. vType <> "" then
	Filter = "(type = \""+vType+"\"  ) .and. (between(Date_disp_cert,ctod(\""+convert_type(vFromDate,"C")+"\"),ctod(\""+convert_type(vToDate,"C")+"\")) )"	 
end if

if vDSR = "" .and. vType = "" then vDSR = "*" .and. vType = "*" 'if blank then put * in place
	Filter = "between(Date_disp_cert,ctod(\""+convert_type(vfromDate,"C")+"\"),ctod(\""+vToDate+"\"))"
end if

if vDSR <> "" .and. vType <> "" then
    Filter = "(Dsr = \""+vDsr+"\"  )  .and. (Type = \""+vType+"\"  ) .and. (between(Date_disp_cert,ctod(\""+convert_type(vFromDate,"C")+"\"),ctod(\""+convert_type(vToDate,"C")+"\")) )"
end if
            Denis

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              #21
              Re: Help with a Filter

              Well done. It's a very important thing to understand.
              Cheers, Peter.
              Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
              Albert Einstein, (attributed)
              US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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                #22
                Re: Help with a Filter

                Sorry for not getting back to you. This thread has certainly moved on since I last looked at it!

                I know it's working, and I hate to mess with success, but I have a few suggestions.

                First, you might want to reconsider using blank as the selection for all. To the user, that could indicate none rather than all. So, if your dropdown is static, then you could put "All" as the first entry. Then, if someone doesn't touch it, that's the default. If your dropdown is dynamic, then put "All" as the additional pre choice so it shows first and defaults to that value.

                Second, you say your fields are:

                vDSR = Dropdown (Single select)
                vType = Dropdown (Single Select)
                fromDate = Textbox with Calendar icon
                toDate = Textbox with Calendar icon

                So, you should reference them by their control value, not the variable. So your script could be:

                Code:
                 
vD=alltrim(Currentform.Controls.vDSR.value)
vT=alltrim(Currentform.Controls.vType.value)
vFDt=alltrim(Currentform.Controls.fromDate.value)
vTDt=alltrim(Currentform.Controls.toDate.value)
 
if vD="All"
filter=.t.
else
filter="DSR="+quote(vD) 
end if

if vT="All"
filter=filter
else
filter=filter+".and. Type ="+quote(vT)
end if

filter=filter+".and.between(Date_disp_cert,ctod(vFDt),ctod(vTdt))
                Pat
                Pat Bremkamp
                MindKicks Consulting

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                  #23
                  Re: Help with a Filter

                  Pat, that's a great suggestion, and I'm certain now that how it all works is a little clearer, Denis will be able to improve the functions available to users.
                  Peter
                  Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
                  Albert Einstein, (attributed)
                  US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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                    #24
                    Re: Help with a Filter

                    Thats an interesting way to achieve this Pat. I will play around with it.

                    Denis

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