ApplyFilter Method
Applies a filter to a mail merge data source to filter specified records meeting specified criteria.
expression.ApplyFilter
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
Example
This example adds a new filter that removes all records with a blank Region field and then applies the filter to the active publication.
Sub OfficeFilters()
Dim appOffice As OfficeDataSourceObject
Dim appFilters As ODSOFilters
Set appOffice = Application.OfficeDataSourceObject
appOffice.Open bstrConnect:="DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=ServerName;" & _
"UID=user;PWD=;DATABASE=Northwind", bstrTable:="Employees"
Set appFilters = appOffice.Filters
MsgBox appOffice.RowCount
appFilters.Add Column:="Region", Comparison:=msoFilterComparisonEqual, _
Conjunction:=msoFilterConjunctionAnd, bstrCompareTo:="WA"
appOffice.ApplyFilter
MsgBox appOffice.RowCount
End Sub