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CreateSelection (tableName, searchExpr, [sortExpr], [descending])

Result Type: Selection

Definition: Creates a new selection of records which can be used in a foreach loop. SortExpr can be a field name or a more complex expression. Pass 1 for the 4th parameter for a descending sort. The default (0) is ascending.

Example: 

CreateSelection("transaction", "NameCode=`SPRING`", "TransDate")

Creates a selection of all transactions with a Namecode of “SPRING”, sorted by transaction date.

Note: The search expression can also be one of the meta-search mnemonics *found and *highlight, to display the found and highlighted sets respectively.

See Also:

DisplaySelection: Display standard list window for a given selection of records

IntersectSelection: Intersect a selection with the result of another search

RecordsSelected: Count records in a selection or resulting from a (meta) search

SumDetail: Add up a field for details matching a search

SumSelection: Add up a field for records matching a search

UnionSelection: Add the result of another search to a selection