It sounds like what you are doing is fine for network apps, but you don't need views if you are just buffering the changes for updates.

For Example:

#DEFINE TableBuffer 5
USE FREE.DBF
=CursorSetProp('Buffering',TableBuffer,'FREE')

* Code to make changes

IF MessageBox("Commit Changes?",36) = 6
=TableUpdate(.T.,.T.,'FREE')
ELSE
=TableRevert(.T.,'FREE')
ENDIF