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About SETFILTER function and Option record variables

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Posted on by Enediel Gonzalez 57

Hello

I write a function containing a local record variable lrPurchaseHeader  associated to the table 38 "Purchase Header" . The field "Document Type" is an Option field 

if I write the following I get an error

lrPurchaseHeader.SETFILTER("Document Type", lrPurchaseHeader."Document Type"::Invoice);

"Type conversion is not possible because one of the operators contains an invalid type  Text := Option"

If I write the following the compiler does not complain, but I think it's not correct.

lrPurchaseHeader.SETFILTER("Document Type", 'Invoice');

Please clarify me where is my error, thank you in advance.

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    Hi,

    Please find the difference between SETRANGE and SETFILTER-

    SETRANGE only accepts values - a single value or a range of values(minimum, maximum) of the same type of the field on which the filter will be applied.

    Example- 
    Customer.SETRANGE("No.",10000, 20000); // Rec.SETRANGE(FieldName, LowerRange, UpperRange)

    SETFILTER accepts a string containing a filter expression.

    Example-
    Customer.SETFILTER("No.",'<>%1',20000);// all values other than 20000

    Customer.SETFILTER("No.",'>%1',20000);  //all values greater than 20000

    Customer.SETFILTER("No.",'<%1',20000);  //all values less than 20000

    In case if you need filter on Option field, Please use PurchaseHeader.SETRANGE("Document Type", PurchaseHeader."Document Type"::Invoice).

    Thanks.

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