>I have a fairly simple form that displays a list of records with one filter. There is a set of two radio buttons to change the filter. When you click on one of the buttons, the interactive change method does the following:
>
> thisform.mstatus = iif(this.value = 1,"A","C")
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>There is an mstatus_assign method that fires when we change mstatus:
> usual parameter
> this.mstatus = m.newval
> set filter to this.mstatus
> thisform.grid1.refresh()
>
>Seems simple, but everytime I do it, I get a message "Property mstatus is not found." Mstatus is defined as a public variable on the form. The variable this.mstatus has the correct value in it when I check prior to the grid refresh. The form and grid are both staight from the standard libraries, no new code in refresh or anything like that. What bonehead thing am I doing or overlooking???
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>P.S. I will gladly email this code with a sample table set if you'd like to see it; it's all very small. But it's driving me crazy....
>
>TIA!

Hello Vicki,

Filters are notorious for expecting the values you set to be in scope whenever the record pointer moves or whenever the filtered table is selected. A better way is to use a constant built from a string. I use code like the following, and it works like a charm.

thisform.mstatus = iif(this.value = 1,"A","C")

In the mstatus_assign method that fires when you change mstatus:

usual parameter
this.mstatus = m.newval

lcFiltExpr = " fieldname = " + this.mstatus &&if it's a char
set filter to &lcFiltExpr
thisform.grid1.refresh()

Now, whenever the record pointer moves or whatever, the filter expression is a constant "set filter to fieldname = whatevervalue"

Hope this helps.
Phillip