>>Jim,
>>I'm surprised too. You're right in designer it sucks and no clue. I never use it and wasn't aware of it. It even denies date(1990,1,1).
>>Cetin
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>Jim,
>Not only in designer. It behaves like that whenever you try to open view :( Hope someone has solution for it.
>Cetin

Whew. I'm glad you can reproduce the problem. The view works perfectly in my runtime as I pre-define the variable, then call the view. This is a real pain in the neck while designing/testing the view, however...