filter

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Kevin,

   You should be able to do it without the filteritem. You should try 
something like  FILTER ('[DXF_LAYER]' ne 'BACKGROUND')

Later,

Kevin Flanders wrote:
> Do I need to set FILTERITEM or can I put the entire expression inside of 
> FILTER?
>  
> I need to filter a shapefile so that all features where [DXF_LAYER] <> 
> 'BACKGROUND' show on my map.
>  
> So, I have tried:
>  
> FILTER "[DXF_LAYER] <> 'BACKGROUND' "
>  
> this did not work....
>  
>  
> How do I setup FILTER parameters for this?
>  
>  
>  
> Kevin

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