>The View deffinition was destroyed. I think my real question is, how can I bring these free tables into a DBC for this application and be certain that they will remain available to other applications. I've had trouble with that in the past. They unexpectedly appear to be exclusive to the other applications.
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>Also since the SQL builder rairly produces code that actually works, how can I edit the code in a view? Is there a trick?

I don't think you want to bring the free tables into the DBC. This would probably create problems for SBT. But creating views of the free tables is the right way to go. I did this with an application I wrote that integrated with SBT.

I'm not sure why the views are getting trashed. When you open the view, are the SBT free tables on your FoxPro path? I found that the best way to work with views is to manage the views with code. Take a look at Erik Moore's EView utitlity, which should be in the Files section.