>>>How do I get properties such as defaultvalue to work with views?
>>I am not sure but I believe that since the view is actually based on a table, it should assign the default values when adding new records if the table is in the database and the default values have been assigned to their respective fields. Let me know if I am wrong.//:^)
>It doesn't seem to be moving forward with the view

John, check to see if your form (grid, textboxes, etc) are REFRESHed after you move the record pointer in the view. You may be looking in the wrong place for the problem.

HTH
Barbara