>If I try to change the local view in the View Designer and add with buffering clause it allows me to type it, but it is not saved with the view.

Bummer.

How would you do something like, say: calculate the sum of prices from existing records plus some buffered records that the user is entering in a grid?

I often show a total of all prices entered on each row as they are being entered, and I rely on the (WITH BUFFERING=.T.) clause to do that.

I don't use views right now, but I am planning on implementing the in some of my forms soon, so this is bad news.