Creating a custom reusable filtering interface with macro component: An Example

Author
Neil Lee, Engineer, Potix Corporation

Date
February xx, 2015

Version
ZK 7.0.4

Introduction

Filtering is a common feature used in conjunction with data displaying components. Users can create multiple views of a single data set based on different filter criteria. As data sets become larger and larger, filtering also helps increase performance by reducing the information shown. In this smalltalk, I am going to create a macro component for collecting filter criteria, and a utility for filtering data.

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