>No, checked all field-names and tested on a simpler form, still no joy. Plus VFP now insists it wants to know where < viewname >.dbf is...
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>If I use a bound form-field, the value gets written correctly. It turns out that I cannot write to any of the view's fields.

Robert,
Open your view in the view designer or with USE ViewName and do a browse. Look at the field names, as Josh suggested, and also try to update each field for one record. Be sure to use the TableUpdate() command to save the data.

If this works, then the problem is in your form. Try deleting the view from the Data Environment and then re-adding it. Finally, check (again) the controlsource values. I find the stupidest misspellings the THIRD time I look at them ;-)

Lastly - if you want to use the "less than" and "greater than" symbols, be sure that any text between them is surrounded by space. Otherwise, this program thinks you're giving HTML codes and tries to convert it. Note how I fixed your < viewname > above.

HTH
Barbara