From: Grant on
On Dec 15, 6:07 pm, "Roger Lawton" <nspro...(a)nspsomax.com> wrote:
> Grant:
>
> Unless I am mistaken you would want something like
>
> odbsServer:OrderScope(TOPSCOPE, "Woodside Construction")
> odbsServer:OrderScope(BOTTOMSCOPE, "Woodside Construction    ")
>
> Assuming the you have the server set to an index that starts with your
> "Name" column.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Roger Lawton
> Product Manager
> SOMAX, Inc.
>
> "Grant" <gra...(a)dunsmoreinfo.com> wrote in message
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> news:6b17014a-0ad5-4c19-9e89-79cf7d64f81a(a)y32g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 15, 3:27 pm, "Geoff Schaller"
>
>
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>
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> <geo...(a)softxwareobjectives.com.au> wrote:
> > Grant,
>
> > Scopes are not an expression, they are a value.
> > The value must match the order expression fields used.
>
> > Geoff
>
> > "Grant" <gra...(a)dunsmoreinfo.com> wrote in message
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> >news:d64473eb-8b1c-4abd-b01d-94a01c0c8471(a)g22g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
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> > > I am trying to figure out how to use Scopes to seperate out only record
> > > (s) of interest but I must be missing a big step in the logic. I have
> > > a data window that will display data from a single indexed server.
> > > When I apply the scope conditions for top and bottom scopes nothing
> > > happens. Can someone tell me if I missing something here.
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> > > Method PostInit(oWindow, iCtlID, oServer, uExtra) CLASS dtwMyData- Hide
> > > quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> ok The server is indexed on the 'Name' field. Can I not use a text
> value (in quotes) to set a scope for the 'Name' field of the server? I
> thought the data was all resolved to a value when the file was
> indexed.
> Still confused!- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Thank you Roger. I corrected the syntax and it works as it should.
I'm going to be learning VO for a lot longer I think. This group is a
great help.