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**AddItem( **//name, title //[ //,picture //]// //**)**

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| **AddItem** | Adds specific functionality to the QueryClass. |
| //name// | A string constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression containing the queryable item, typically the fully qualified name of a field in the view being queried.**Tip: This may also be an expression such as ****//UPPER(field1//****) or ****//field1//**** * ****//field2//****.** |
| //title// | A string constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression containing the text to associate with the queryable item. This text appears as the prompt or header for the item in the query dialog presented to the end user. |
| //picture// | A string constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression containing the display picture for the queryable item. If omitted, //picture //defaults to S255 (unformatted string). See //Picture Tokens //in the //Language Reference //for more information. |

The **AddItem **method adds a queryable item to the QueryClass object. The QueryClass object can then accept input for the item from the end user and build a filter expression to apply to the view being queried.

Other QueryClass methods, such as GetLimit and SetLimit, refer to the queryable item by its //name//.

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**You may use the BrowseClass.UpdateQuery method in combination with the AddItem method to define a query interface that contains the BrowseClass fields plus other queryable items.**

**Example:**

**QueryForm  QueryFormClass**

**QueryVis   QueryFormVisual**

**BRW1     CLASS(BrowseClass)**

**Q         &CusQ**

**         END**

**CusWindow.Init PROCEDURE()**

**  CODE**

** !open files, views, window, etc.**

**  BRW1.UpdateQuery(QueryForm)                    !add browse fields to query**

**  QueryForm.AddItem('UPPER(CUS:NAME)','Name')    !add caseless name to query**

**  QueryForm.AddItem('CUS:ZIP_CODE','Name')       !add zip code to query**

**  QueryForm.AddItem('ITM:Qty+ITM:Price','Total') !add dynamic total to query**

** END**

** RETURN Level:Benign**

**See Also:     **[[updatequery  set default query interface .htm|BrowseClass.UpdateQuery]]