FORMATTED SEARCH USING SCREEN ENTRIES

Hi ,
i want use formatted search to do the following without using variable entry ( without the define survey variables window opening when i execute the query):
Example: When you enter a purchase order, the item search should propose only those items where the vendor entered in the Default Vendor field of the master record is the same as the vendor specified in the Vendor field of the purchase order.
i found the following explaination in the SAP B1 training material which is not all clear enough.
"To do this, you define a query that contains the Vendor field from the purchase order as the condition for the Default Vendor field. You then define this query as a formatted search for the Item no. field in the purchase order entry screen. "
i wrote a query which pretty much does what i want but , after i enter the vendor code in the purchase order header data and go to the item field and press shift+F2, instead of just proposing only those items which the above vendor sells , a "define survey variables" window opens and i will have to again choose the same vendor i just choose in the "vendor field in the header data" of the purchase order.
can anyone plz help me out with this ???

Hi adrian,
             thank for ur reply, and plz pardon me for my ignorance..
         i tried using the query u gave me in a query generator and the wizard, but i am getting a couple of syntax errors..and not only the query u gave but any query i have used from this forum ... so i was wondering if i am doing anything wrong..so i ll explain to you how i used your your query so may be u can tell me where i am going wrong..
i went to the query generator selected the table OITM and choose the item code and description from that table for the SELECT field and then put the cursor on the WHERE field and typed the condition in the query you gave me for the WHERE field .. and then executed it.. didnt work ..
Then in the result window of the query generator(and wizard) i went to the write mode of the SOL statments field and copied and pasted the query you sent me... and then executed it... still doesnt work... and like i said this happens to all the queries i find here in the forum ..
can u help??

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