>>>>In a DBC we create field validations (format, input mask, caption, rule, message and default value).
>>>>When we create views based on this DBC, we lost all these field validations.
>>>Michel,
>>>
>>>You need to add the same settings to the fields in the view. The view and the table are not the same thing. The validation rules will be inforced when you tableupdate() the view and write back to the table (not the inputmask and stuff but the Valid rules).
>>>
>>>Someone may have a utility that will copy this data for you.
>>
>>Thank you,
>>You confirm us what we thought about this problem.
>
>Michel,
>
>This is also something that xCase will do for you. All the attributes of the base tables are automatically ported to the views.
>
>José


Thanks a lot, you are right, and I have now discovered views in xCase.