ODSOFilters Object

Represents all the filters to apply to the data source attached to the mail merge publication. The ODSOFilters object is comprised of ODSOFilter objects.

Using the ODSOFilters object

Use the Add method of the ODSOFilters object to add a new filter criterion to the query. This example adds a new line to the query string and then applies the combined filter to the data source.

Sub SetQueryCriterion()
    Dim appOffice As OfficeDataSourceObject

    Set appOffice = Application.OfficeDataSourceObject
    appOffice.Open bstrConnect:="DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=ServerName;" & _
        "UID=user;PWD=;DATABASE=Northwind", bstrTable:="Employees"

    With appOffice.Filters
        .Add Column:="Region", _
            Comparison:=msoFilterComparisonIsBlank, _
            Conjunction:=msoFilterConjunctionAnd
        .ApplyFilter
    End With
End Sub
		

Use the Item method to access an individual filter criterion. This example loops through all the filter criterion and if it finds one with a value of "Region", changes it to remove from the mail merge all records that are not equal to "WA".

Sub SetQueryCriterion()
    Dim appOffice As Office.OfficeDataSourceObject
    Dim intItem As Integer

    Set appOffice = Application.OfficeDataSourceObject
    appOffice.Open bstrConnect:="DRIVER=SQL Server;SERVER=ServerName;" & _
        "UID=user;PWD=;DATABASE=Northwind", bstrTable:="Employees"

    With appOffice.Filters
        For intItem = 1 To .Count
            With .Item(intItem)
                If .Column = "Region" Then
                    .Comparison = msoFilterComparisonNotEqual
                    .CompareTo = "WA"
                    If .Conjunction = "Or" Then .Conjunction = "And"
                End If
            End With
        Next intItem
    End With
End Sub