Hi

Basicaly we are using an application based on sharepoint software there is a library of documents that can be filtered when a filter is applied to one of the columns this text is added onto the URL.

View={265C26E4-6ADA-44D7-9AEA-133D709E2C2F}&FilterField1=Project%5Fx0020%5FPhase&FilterValue1=Concept

if more than one column has a filter the added text is

View={265C26E4-6ADA-44D7-9AEA-133D709E2C2F}&FilterField1=Project%5Fx0020%5FPhase&FilterValue1=Concept&FilterField2=Activity&FilterValue2=Business%20Brief

and so on...

to clear a filter it is just removed from the URL

At the moment filters are applied by selecting the column headings but we want to be able to hide the columns and have the filtering selection done by selecting buttons/images positioned else where on the page.

FIrstly I would like help with how to pass text to the URL.

Secondly I can see an issue around the fact that depending on what order the filters are applied depends one whether it will be called filter1 filter 2 ect so some help on how to set up a variable x where x is the next number available on time of click would be usefull.

thanks in advance dusty