Allows the developer to filter the Package list within the Parts
Browser to just show the items they are interested in.
The various filtering choices are
the same ones available in the workbench window. Options include
all items, selected items, owned items, items matching (or excluding) a
specified pattern, any items matching an existing working set and any
loaded solutions.

"All Items" will show packages (and is equivalent
to the VA Gen default behavior). "Selected Items" filters the view to the list
of projects and packages containing the currently selected items (by dynamically creating a temporary
working set). "Owned Items" filters the list to items owned by the current user
(including any containing packages and projects). "Use Pattern"
filters the list of projects to include or exclude those that match the
specified filter. The working set filters filter the list
to the projects and packages specified by the working set. Likewise, if any
Solutions have been defined and loaded, they will be presented as possible view
filters. A filter pattern may be set via the "Use Pattern | Set..."
option. The filter list is composed of any number of text filters (with
wildcards) separated by commas.
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Whether package filtering is used at all in the Parts Browser can be
set via the "Filter
Packages" option in the "VA
Assist | Generator" options page