Adding a filter to an asp custom list page

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Good morning all,

I'm trying to create a custom page to display a list with filter box. However, I cannot get this working. I've checked the following posts:
https://community.sagecrm.com/partner_community/b/hints_tips_and_tricks/archive/2009/10/29/building-list-screens-with-filterboxes.aspx
https://community.sagecrm.com/partner_community/b/hints_tips_and_tricks/archive/2009/07/29/building-list-screens-with-filterboxes-take-2.aspx

...and various other pages.

These have useful tips but reference v6.2 which and so appear to be quite out of date.
Also, they seem to start with the method from Sage, this is generally questioned in the comments, or in these posts changed by someone else at Sage. The posts seem to end with unanswered questions and a dead end.

I've tried many different ways now to get a filter box working on a custom asp page, all based on these posts but still cannot get the filter to work. So my question is...

1. Can this work?

2. Is there any confirmed code that will highlight how this should be done?