>>>I am testing the Filter Dialog found in the solution samples. How does one get it to set a filter condition where you want all records that do not have an entry in a certain text field? I have a small table and this is the simple query capability that I need if I could use it to find text fields with missing data.
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>>>I tried setting the field to '' which it prohibits, "",space(0), and also [] to no avail.
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>>>Any suggestions would be appreciated
>>>Thanks
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>>I never used it. I think < ! should work.
>>Cetin
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>I assume this is a VFP 9 feature since I can't even find it in the help files for VFP 8. Could you please explain what this is and how to use it?
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>Thanks...........

I'm not sure. On this box I don't have versions pre VFP9. I think it existed in 7 too but not sure, never used. Check component galery/foundation classes/data query.
Cetin