Consider using a paramterized view

OR

SET FILTER TO gcChartIndex = ALLTRIM(STR(printorder.global))

OR

SET KEY TO ALLTRIM(STR(printorder.global))

>Hello all!
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>I need some assistance with a form that I created. First to let you know, I created a chart.dbf which houses a field called chart_index C(25). In this field are various words which I am trying to tie to an index structure. In my form, I have the user selecting the name of a particular table to open. The system puts the fields of chart.dbf into a global variable. chart_index is set into gcChartIndex.
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>Since all the structures and tables are different in the chart.dbf, none of the same fields or instances are going to be the same. One part of the form requires a filter being set.
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>So I have the form open another table which houses this information to be retrieved. I need to set an order and a filter to this table. Thus I attempt:
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>SELECT datatable1
>SET ORDER TO gcChartIndex (Using the variable as a index solution)
>SET FILTER TO gcChartIndex = printorder.global (this is generally a numeric because the field structure is numeric)
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>I however end up getting an error. I can convert the printorder.global to STR(printorder.global), but it does not return a result. If I change gcChartIndex to VAL(gcChartIndex) - I blow a function argument error.
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>Would anyone have any clue as how I would accomplish this?? Thanks!