>Does anyone know if you can assign alias field names when creating local views
>with the View Wizard?
>In the field selection tab I'd like to select field x AS y for the View output,
>but don't see any way to do it.

Right: you use that syntax, but you create an expression such as
'lyAmount AS TotalAmount' and add that, instead of just lyAmount. This also works in VFP3, but only once: each time you use the View Designer, you need to reset those custom names.