Perry-

>I see - a remote view is a remote view and you can not use it like a local
>view. (I thougt you could).

You can. Why do you say you can't?

I fear you might still be thinking a view is like a table in that it contains data all the time.

I re-invoked vfp60 and open my database and tried
>to brow on my remote view and without a network connection, it would not work.

That is because the view populates a cursor with data when it is used.