We use microscopic density functional theory to study filling transitions in systems with longranged
wall-fluid and short-ranged fluid-fluid forces occurring in a right-angle wedge. By changing
the strength of the wall-fluid interaction we can induce both wetting and filling transitions over
a wide range of temperatures and study the order of these transitions. At low temperatures we
find that both wetting and filling transitions are first-order in keeping with predictions of simple
local effective Hamiltonian models. However close to the bulk critical point the filling transition is
observed to be continuous even though the wetting transition remains first-order and the wetting
binding potential still exhibits a small activation barrier. The critical singularities for adsorption for
the continuous filling transitions depend on whether retarded or non-retarded wall-fluid forces are
present and are in excellent agreement with predictions of effective Hamiltonian theory even though
the change in the order of the transition was not anticipated.