[AccessD] trying to filter a form on a control's value

I have used filters sometimes in the past, and the way they interact with
filteron, their picky syntax, the inability to set and forget them, because
they are not dynamic like a controlsource; they are easy to be made
obsolete.

And I usually can't recall whether recordsetclone is or is not affected by
the filter when filteron  is true, I have to keep looking that up!

I give them the well earned label of "tricky"; I also wish there were a
filters collection for increments and decremental filters.
On Dec 27, 2014 12:03 PM, "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Bill
>
> No, filters are not very tricky. But the filter can only be changed if
> something tells it so.
> So either you will have to use the AfterUpdate event of the other form to
> reapply the filter, or you can use the OnActivate event of the form to
> check if the value to filter for has changed on the other form.
>
> /gustav
>
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> Sendt: 27. december 2014 17:22
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> Emne: Re: [AccessD] trying to filter a form on a control's value
>
> Yes, that toggle is required. Filters are very tricky.
>
> >
> > Are you setting the Filter On property too?  I seem to recall needing to
> > set filter on to False, setting the filter, and then setting filter on
> to True.
> >
> > Charlotte
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