Dynamics AX 2009 X++ Selecting A Date Range - axapta

Question

I am creating an X++ report, and the requirement is that the user can multi-select on a form and when they click the report menu button the values are pulled in based on the selection.
So far this is easy enough, and I can pull in Str ranges i.e. order numbers, item id's etc, but I want to be able to pull in a date range based on selection.
I have used a method which several MorphX reports use, with use of 3 key methods in X++ reporting;
setQuerySortOrder
setQueryEnableDS
and the main key one which is;
setQueryRange
The code for setQuery Range is as follows;
private void setQueryRange(Common _common)
{
FormDataSource fds;
LogisticsControlTable logisticsTable;
QueryBuildDataSource qbdsLogisticsTable;
QueryBuildRange qbrVanRun;
str rangeVanRun;
QueryBuildRange qbrLogId;
str rangeLogId;
QueryBuildRange qbrExpStartDate;
str rangeExpStartDate;
set vanRunSet = new Set(Types::String);
set logIdSet = new Set(Types::String);
set expStartDate = new Set(Types::Date);
str addRange(str _range, str _value, QueryBuildDataSource _qbds, int _fieldNum, Set _set = null)
{
str ret = _range;
QueryBuildRange qbr;
;
if(_set && _set.in(_Value))
{
return ret;
}
if(strLen(ret) + strLen(_value) + 1 > 255)
{
qbr = _qbds.addRange(_fieldNum);
qbr.value(ret);
ret = '';
}
if(ret)
{
ret += ',';
}
if(_set)
{
_set.add(_value);
}
ret += _value;
return ret;
}
switch(_common.TableId)
{
case tableNum(LogisticsControlTable):
qbdsLogisticsTable = element.query().dataSourceTable(tableNum(LogisticsControlTable));
qbrVanRun = qbdsLogisticsTable.addRange(fieldNum(LogisticsControlTable, APMServiceCenterID));
qbdsLogisticsTable = element.query().dataSourceTable(tableNum(LogisticsControlTable));
qbrLogId = qbdsLogisticsTable.addRange(fieldNum(LogisticsControlTable, LogisticsId));
// qbdsLogisticsTable = element.query().dataSourceTable(tableNum(LogisticsControlTable));
// qbrExpStartDate = qbdsLogisticsTable.addRange(fieldNum(LogisticsControlTable, APMExpDateJobStart));
fds = _common.dataSource();
for(logisticsTable = fds.getFirst(true) ? fds.getFirst(true) : _common;
logisticsTable;
logisticsTable = fds.getNext())
{
rangeVanRun = addrange(rangeVanRun, logisticsTable.APMServiceCenterID, qbdsLogisticsTable, fieldNum(LogisticsControlTable, APMServiceCenterID), vanRunSet);
rangeLogID = addrange(rangeLogID, logisticsTable.LogisticsId, qbdsLogisticsTable, fieldNum(LogisticsControlTable, LogisticsId), logIdSet);
// rangeExpStartDate = addrange(rangeExpStartdate, logisticsTable.APMExpDateJobStart, qbdsLogisticsTable, fieldNum(LogisticsControlTable, APMExpDateJobStart), expStartDate);
}
qbrLogId.value(rangeLogID);
qbrVanRun.value(rangeVanRun);
break;
}
}

Answer 1

Use queryValue to format your dates correctly for the query:
set expStartDate = new Set(Types::String);
rangeExpStartDate = addrange(rangeExpStartdate, queryValue(logisticsTable.APMExpDateJobStart), qbdsLogisticsTable, fieldNum(LogisticsControlTable, APMExpDateJobStart), expStartDate);