ISPatientFilter.LastNameCompareOperation

Description

This filter is used to load the collection of patients whose last names contain the specified character string or are equal to it.

Syntax

object.LastNameCompareOperation

Part	Attribute	Type	Description
`object`	Required	ISPatientFilter	The `object` always implements the ISPatientFilter interface

Return Value

TSFilterCompareOperation

Example

Display the number of the patients loaded on the basis of the selected filter, their full names and IDs.

Dim aIterator  
Dim aFilter  
Dim aCount
Dim aCanProcessItem
Dim aPatient
Dim aMessage

Set aIterator = Profile.CreatePatientIterator
set aFilter = Profile.CreatePatientFilter
aFilter.LastName = "S"
aFilter.LastNameCompareOperation = 2                    
aIterator.Open(aFilter)
aCount = aIterator.Count

aMessage = "Patients Count = " & aCount & vbNewLine & vbNewLine
 
aMessage = aMessage & "Selected Patients: " & vbNewLine
aIterator.Reset
aCanProcessItem = aIterator.Next

i = 1
do while aCanProcessItem 
  set aPatient = aIterator.Patient
  aMessage = aMessage & vbNewLine & i & ")  " &_
   aPatient.FirstName & " " & aPatient.LastName &_
   " ( " & aIterator.PatientId & " ) "
  i = i + 1
  aCanProcessItem = aIterator.Next
loop

Profile.MsgBox(aMessage)

Note:

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Last Name can be found in Patient > Alter Patient > General > Last Name field.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0