## Edit Filter dialog

This dialog appears when you right-click a data container in the design area and select Format Filter from the shortcut menu. It helps you to filter the data used in the data container. See the dialog.

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Add Condition

Adds a new condition line.

Delete

Deletes the selected condition line.

Group

Makes the selected conditions in a group. Conditions can also be added to an existing group by selecting the conditions and the group while holding the Ctrl button, and then clicking the Group button.

Ungroup

Makes the selected condition ungrouped.

Up

Moves the selected condition or group up to a higher level.

Down

Moves the selected condition or group down to a lower level.

Logic

Lists the logic operator.

- And
  Logic operator And which is applied to this and the next line.
- Or
  Logic operator Or which is applied to this and the next line.
- And Not
  Logic operator And Not which is applied to this and the next line.
- Or Not
  Logic operator Or Not which is applied to this and the next line.

Field

Specifies the field on which the condition is set.

Operator

Specifies the operator to compose the filter expression.

- =
  Equal to
- >
  Greater than
- >=
  Greater than or equal to
- <
  Less than
- <=
  Less than or equal to
- !=
  Not equal to
- [not] in
  Causes an enumerated list of values to appear in the WHERE clause predicate, used for evaluating for a true condition.
- [not] between
  Allows the system to evaluate whether or not data values are located between a range of values indicated in the predicate. See dialog.
- is [not] null
  It is used in WHERE clause predicates to match null values occurring in a specified data field.
- [not] like
  Like string pattern matching operator is used to compare the first expression string value to the pattern string (the second expression). If you want to use wildcard character in the pattern string, only "_" and "%" are supported.

Value

Specifies the value of how to filter the field. When you type in the value manually, if multiple values are required, they should be separated with ",", and if "," or "\" is contained in the values, write it as "\," or "\\".

SQL Statement

Displays the SQL statement of the filter expressions.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the changes and exits the dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.