Gets the filter view (which defines the sort order, key, and filters) for the record in the specified filter control of a filter page.

The view contains all fields in the filter control that have a default filter value.

View := FilterPageBuilder.GETVIEW(ItemName[,UseNames])

Parameters

ItemName

Type: Text or Code

The name of the filter control.

This value must match the value of the ItemName parameter that was specified by ADDTABLE, ADDRECORD, or ADDRECORDREF function that adds the table to the filter control.

UseNames

Type: Boolean

Specifies whether a field caption or field number should be returned.

This parameter is optional. If this parameter is true (default value) or if it is empty, then the returned string contains references to field captions in the table with which the record is associated. If this parameter is false, then the returned string contains references to field numbers.

Return Value

Type: Text

The view that is configured for the filter control that is identified by ItemName.

Remarks

The filter control that is specified by ItemName must already exist in the FilterPageBuilder object before the ADDFIELDNO function is called. Either the ADDTABLE, ADDRECORD, or ADDRECORDREF functions must be called before the GETVIEW function.

Example

The following example initializes a filter page object that includes a filter control for the Date system table. The filter control has the caption of Date record. The example adds two filter fields to the filter control on the filter page as the result of applying a default view. The GETVIEW function is used to capture that filter view from the FilterPageBuilder object, and then apply it to the record.

This example requires that you create the following variables in the C/AL Globals window.

Variable name DataType SubType

varDateItem

Text

varDateRecord

Record

Date

varFilterPageBuilder

FilterPageBuilder

varDefaultView

Text

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varDateItem := 'Date record';
varDateRecord.SETFILTER("Period End", '12122015D');
varDateRecord.SETFILTER("Period Start", '01012015D');
varDefaultView := varDateRecord.GETVIEW;
varFilterPageBuilder.ADDTABLE(MyDateItem, DATABASE::Date);
varFilterPageBuilder.SETVIEW(varDateItem, varDefaultView);
IF varFilterPageBuilder.RUNMODAL = TRUE THEN
  varDateRecord.SETVIEW(varFilterPageBuilder.GETVIEW(varDateVariable));

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