XPDataView.FilterString Property

Gets or sets the string representation of the criteria used to perform client-side filtering of data view rows.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
[DefaultValue(null)]
public string FilterString { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
<DefaultValue(Nothing)>
Public Property FilterString As String

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	null	A string representation of a CriteriaOperator object which specifies the filtering criteria.

Remarks

The string assigned to this property is automatically converted to criteria using CriteriaOperator.Parse and is set to the XPDataView.Filter property.

To clear filtering, assign an empty string to the FilterString property.

Example

The following code snippet demonstrates filtering capabilities of the XPDataView. Filter criteria specified via the XPDataView.Filter and XPDataView.FilterString properties below, provide the identical functionality, and can be used interchangeably.

C#

xpDataView1.Filter = CriteriaOperator.Parse("Age < 50");
xpDataView1.Filter = new BinaryOperator("Age", 50, BinaryOperatorType.Less);
xpDataView1.FilterString = "Age < 50";

VB.NET

xpDataView1.Filter = CriteriaOperator.Parse("Age < 50")
xpDataView1.Filter = New BinaryOperator("Age", 50, BinaryOperatorType.Less)
xpDataView1.FilterString = "Age < 50"