>Does anyone know of a way to set the column name of an expression using the View Editor?
>I know that it is possible to do this programatically using the CREATE SQL VIEW with an AS clause in the SELECT statement, but the View Designer seems limited if it cannot handle this simple feature.

as i don't use the view disigner i can't really tell (i am almost sure there is no way though)
but IAC the view designer is limited in more important aspect
such as the complexity of SQL SELECTs it can produce

Arnon