[Users] FeatureStore with Filter

[Daniel Kastl]

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> Using GeoExt.form.FormPanel?
>
>
>>
>> now is filtering by current map extent to get only the visible features
>> in the grid panel.
>
> So if I understand correctly you'd like to combine the filter from the 
> FormPanel with a BBOX filter corresponding to the current map extent. 
> Is that correct?
Yes, this was the idea.
>
> Pierre is correct when saying that MapFish provides proper building 
> blocks for this. Please follow up on the MapFish mailing list if you 
> want to go that path (MapFish trunk now includes GeoExt).
>
> Now if you want GeoExt only you'll need more code on your side, but it 
> shouldn't be terribly complex. As I see it: use the 
> GeoExt.form.toFilter func to get the filter from the form field 
> values, combine this filter with a BBOX filter whose value is the 
> current map extent, and pass the resulting filter to the 
> protocol.read(). It's more code on your side because you can't just 
> rely on formPanel.search().

Thank you. I will look into the MapFish source code then and try if I 
can make this work.

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> Hope this helps,
>