TcxFilterCriteria.FilterText Property

Specifies filter criteria (as an expression string).

Declaration

property FilterText: string read; write;

Property Value

Type	Description
string	The current filter criteria string.

Remarks

Use the FilterText property to specify filter criteria (as an expression string). The FilterCaption property returns the expression string’s display text (for the filter status bar).

Note

The FilterText property uses wildcard characters defined in PercentWildcard and UnderscoreWildcard properties to parse filter expression strings.

Filter Expression Examples

Property	Value
FilterText	'(State = 'CA') AND (PurchaseDate = '01-Mar-1976')'
FilterCaption[1]	'(State = CA) AND (PurchaseDate = 01-Mar-1976)'
FilterCaption[2]	'(State Equals CA) AND (PurchaseDate Equals 01-Mar-1976)'

Default Value

The FilterText property’s default value is an empty string.

Footnotes

1. The Options property is set to [] (default).

2. The Options property value includes the fcoShowOperatorDescription flag.