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The view designer is limited. It's not a robust tool. IOW, except for basic views, it chokes. You can either maintain the view in code, or Erik Moore uploaded a utility called eView (I think) that is an enhance view designer. You might want to try that.

HTH

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>However if I need to make a change to the view I receive the "Compiled code for this line is too long" error message. In a clever move it prevents me from opening the veiw at all. I have to create the view from zero everytime I need a change.