PB7 - Why doesnt setFilter work twice in a row?

[programmerbrian]

I have a data window with multiple DDW's. Some of the display values should only show for historical records. When the user created a new record, Certain endated items should not appear and thus the user will not be able to select them. I thought that the solution would be to us the setfilter function like this:
dataWindowChild dwchild

dw_detail.getchild("DDW_1",dwchild)
dwchild.setfilter("isnull(end_date)&quot
dwchild.filter()

dw_detail.getchild("DDW_2",dwchild)
dwchild.setfilter("isnull(end_date)&quot
dwchild.filter()

This works for filtering the first DDW but it fails on the second.

Any suggestions on how to get this to work for multiple DDW's?

Thanks

 

[PowerObject]

Maybe, re-using the var is causing some trouble. Try declaring two dataWindowChild's:

dataWindowChild dwChild1, dwChild2
//
dw_detail.getchild("DDW_1",dwchild1)
dwchild1.setfilter("isnull(end_date)&quot
dwchild1.filter()

dw_detail.getchild("DDW_2",dwchild2)
dwchild2.setfilter("isnull(end_date)&quot
dwchild2.filter()

Do let us know if the above worked for you...

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[programmerbrian]

I thought that sharing the var was the problem too, but two different vars didnt help. I'm going to try to use the itemfocuschanged event, and or the getcurrentcolumn function dynamically filter which ever DDW that has been given focus. Works good with message boxes.

Thanks for looking at my problem. Helps to have help!

Cheers!

bri