Alan,

In addition to Brien's reply. You may create your view in View designer, then modify it in EView, which is much more flexible, that VFP view designer. I usually do so for complicated views.

>Is it possible to use parentheses in the local view designer? I have a WHERE clause that reads:
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>WHERE Empmaster.deptcd == ?cDept AND Empmaster.termdate =CTOD("") OR Empmaster.termdate > DATE()
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>I need it to read:
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>WHERE Empmaster.deptcd == ?cDept AND (Empmaster.termdate =CTOD("") OR Empmaster.termdate > DATE())