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34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Form-based Filters</title>
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38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39<lastedited date="2004-10-07T12:28:01">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><variable id="formfiltertext"><ahelp hid=".uno:FormFilter">Prompts the database server to filter the visible data by specified criteria.</ahelp>
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51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152918" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Unlike the normal search, which is activated by the <link href="text/shared/02/12100200.xhp" name="Find Record">Find Record</link> icon on the <emph>Form</emph> Bar, you can search more quickly by using the form-based filter. Usually a quick database server is charged with the search. Also, you can enter more complex search conditions.</paragraph>
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