Sets the current sort order, key, and filters on a table.

RecordRef.SETVIEW(String)

Parameters

RecordRef

Type: RecordRef

The RecordRef that refers to the table on which you want to set the current sort order, key, and filters.

String

Type: Text or code

The string format is the same as the SourceTableView Property on pages.

Remarks

The value of the String parameter can be returned by the GETVIEW Function (RecordRef).

If the SETVIEW function is executed with an empty string, all the filters are removed and the primary key is used.

If no table is selected, the SETVIEW function fails.

This function works the same as the SETVIEW Function (Record).

Example

The following example opens the Customer (18) table as a RecordRef variable that is named CustomerRecRef. The SETVIEW function sets the sort key to the Name field, sort order to Ascending and sets a filter that selects records between 1000 and 2000. The GETVIEW Function (RecordRef) retrieves the sort order, key and filters that have been set and stores the value in the ViewString variable. The value in the ViewString variable is displayed in a message box. This example requires that you create the following variables and text constant in the C/AL Globals window.

Variable name DataType

CustomerRecRef

RecordRef

ViewString

Text

Text constant name DataType ENU value

Text000

Text

The following is the current sort order, key, and filters that are set: %1

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CustomerRecRef.OPEN(18);
CustomerRecRef.SETVIEW('SORTING(Name) ORDER(Ascending) WHERE(No.=CONST(10000..20000))');
ViewString := CustomerRecRef.GETVIEW;
MESSAGE(Text000, ViewString);

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