Hi Al, Thanks for your condolences. I've now got most of this fixed. However I'm still having problems in bringing up the line items in our VFP order entry program. I'm not using a parameterized view because I'm not using a database container. These are FP2x free tables. Someone once mentioned how to create a pv with legacy applications but I've forgotten how to do it and can't find it in my references. Any insight would be appreciated.