Jill,

We just had the same problem in VFP8. It was a simple create table command, so this error was very strange. Anyway, once I shortened this statement, I was able to run it. In you case you may try

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>Hi,
>
>I'm getting a "Line is too long" error when changing a view definition. I think it's related to the CAST, since when i remove it, I don't get the error.
>
>In order words, when defining the amount field to be:
>

CAST(IIF(ISNULL(cla_pk).OR..NOT.mis_initialorls,mis_amount,IIF(cla_lumpsumamt=0,cla_initialamt,cla_lumpsumamt)+cla_initialorlsamtadjustment) AS N(12,2)) AS amount, ;

>
>I get the error. The entire view definition, w/no error, follows:
>

SELECT Crmaster.mas_ssnock AS payeessno,;
>  Crmaster.mas_last AS payeelast, Crmaster.mas_first AS payeefirst,;
>  IIF(ISNULL(cla_pk).OR..NOT.mis_initialorls,mis_amount,IIF(cla_lumpsumamt=0,cla_initialamt,cla_lumpsumamt)+cla_initialorlsamtadjustment) AS amount,;
>  IIF(.NOT.ISNULL(cla_pk),Miscellaneouschecks.mis_fund,cla_fund) AS fund,;
>  IIF(ISNULL(cla_pk),SPACE(10),TRANSFORM(cla_numberck,"@R 99-99-9999")) AS claim,;
>  NVL(Claim.cla_bentype,SPACE(2)) AS benefittype,;
>  NVL(Claim.cla_onsetdate,{}) AS onsetdate,;
>  CAST(IIF(ISNULL(Claim.cla_lumpsumamt),0,IIF(mis_initialorls,Claim.cla_lumpsumamt,0)) AS N(9,2)) AS lumpsumamount,;
>  CAST(IIF(ISNULL(Claim.cla_initialamt),0,IIF(mis_initialorls,Claim.cla_initialamt,0)) AS N(9,2)) AS initialamount,;
>  CAST(NVL(Claim.cla_initialorlsamtadjustment,0) AS N(9,2)) AS adjustment,;
>  IIF(ISNULL(Wemaster.mas_ssnock),SPACE(9),TRANSFORM(Wemaster.mas_ssnock,"@R 99-999999")) AS wessno,;
>  NVL(Wemaster.mas_last,SPACE(25)) AS welast,;
>  NVL(Wemaster.mas_first,SPACE(35)) AS wefirst,;
>  IIF(ISNULL(Bemaster.mas_ssnock).OR.EMPTY(Bemaster.mas_ssnock),SPACE(9),TRANSFORM(Bemaster.mas_ssnock,"@R 99-999999")) AS bessno,;
>  NVL(Bemaster.mas_last,SPACE(25)) AS belast,;
>  NVL(Bemaster.mas_first,SPACE(35)) AS befirst,;
>  Miscellaneouschecks.mis_addeddate, Miscellaneouschecks.mis_addedby,;
>  Miscellaneouschecks.mis_changeddate,;
>  Miscellaneouschecks.mis_changedby, Miscellaneouschecks.mis_pk,;
>  DTOS(NVL(Claim.cla_onsetdate,{})) AS dtosonset,;
>  DTOS(mis_addeddate) AS dtosadddat,;
>  DTOS(mis_changeddate) AS dtoschgdat, Miscellaneouschecks.mis_claimfk,;
>  Miscellaneouschecks.mis_initialorls;
> FROM ;
>     sa!miscellaneouschecks ;
>    LEFT OUTER JOIN sa!claim ;
>   ON  Miscellaneouschecks.mis_claimfk = Claim.cla_pk ;
>    INNER JOIN sa!master Crmaster ;
>   ON  Miscellaneouschecks.mis_payeemasterfk = Crmaster.mas_pk ;
>    LEFT OUTER JOIN sa!master Bemaster ;
>   ON  Miscellaneouschecks.mis_bemasterfk = Bemaster.mas_pk ;
>    LEFT OUTER JOIN sa!master Wemaster ;
>   ON  Claim.cla_wemasterfk = Wemaster.mas_pk

>
>TIA for any help! J