Rex,
I tried it again and it worked. I can validate the views.

Thanks
Sandi.

>Sandi,
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>PMFJI, but have you tried to enter just a {} into the dialog?
>
>HTH
>
>Rex
>
>>I am trying to run SF Reports thru my application. It worked at one time but I have since changed the databases. I deleted REPMETA and reran the app. It recreated the file but gets an error "File Definitions do not Match". I think part of my problem could be that SDT cannot validate two of my views in my database because they are parameterized and one of the parameters is a date. When I run SDT, it stops when trying to validate these views and presents me with a dialog box - enter parameter. The parameter is called THISFORM.Enddate and because it is a date (and because FP has a bug that prevents you from properly entering a date into these dialog boxes) I can't get past it and SDT tells me it can't validate the view. Since it will not validate the view, when I run SF Report Wizard from the application, it gives me the same Enter Parameter box (which I still can't enter a valid value into) and gives me an error that I have to Ignore. Then it goes on and gets the File Definitions do not
>>Match error and crashes and crashes after that.
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>>The reason I cannot enter a value into the parameter box is because it will not take {^2000-10-10}, it says its ambiguous and to enter in strict date format! I can't set up a variable because I need to refer to it as THISFORM.Enddate because my framework can't/won't open the view and correctly pass the parameter any other way! How can I get around this and get SF Reports to work properly?
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>>(PS The last time it worked was before I added the views.)
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>>TIA
>>
>>Sandi Cassidy