PRJ: Creating a Multi-Line Filter Using the FilterEdit Method

ID: Q126941

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
Microsoft Project for Windows 95, versions 4.1, 4.1a
Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Project, you can use the FilterEdit method in a Visual Basic, Applications Edition, macro to create a multi-line filter using the NewFieldName argument in Microsoft Project.

MORE INFORMATION

To create this filter, follow the procedure below.

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Creating the Macro

1. From the Tools menu, choose Macro.

2. In the Macro Name field, type "MultiLineFilter" (without the quotation

   marks), and then choose OK.

3. In the Module Editor view, enter the code for the procedure that

   follows, (enter the code exactly as shown):

   Sub MultiLineFilter()

   ' Creates the filter named "MyFilter" or overwrites it if it already
   ' exists. Also adds the first line of the filter. The first line will
   ' read: "ID - grt or equal - 5 - and"

     FilterEdit Name:="MyFilter", TaskFilter:=True, create:=True, _
              overwriteexisting:=True, FieldName:="id", _
              test:="gtr or equal", Value:="5", Operation:="and", _
              ShowInMenu:=True

   ' Creates the second line in the same filter and
   ' will read: "ID - less or equal - 5"

     FilterEdit Name:="MyFilter", TaskFilter:=True, create:=False, _
              overwriteexisting:=False, newfieldname:="id", _
              test:="less or equal", Value:="5"
   End Sub

   NOTE: The "create" and "overwriteexisting" arguments are False. The
   "NewFieldName" parameter specifies the field name of the next available
   line in the filter.

If "FieldName" was used instead of "NewFieldName," the first line is overwritten with the new values since the same field name was used twice. If a different field had been used along with the "FieldName" parameter, the line would have been ignored because a line with the same name couldn't be matched so that the new values could be applied to it.

By adding additional FilterEdit lines, you can create up to a 20-line filter.

REFERENCES

For more information about Filters, choose the Search button in Microsoft Project Help and type:

   Filter Definition Table.

For more information about the FilterEdit Method, choose the Search button in Microsoft Project Visual Basic Reference and type:

   FilterEdit

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords          : kbcode kbprg
Version           : 4.0 4.1 98
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: September 27, 1997