_cliptext=dbgetprop('yourdbc!yourview','view','sql') modi comm CTRL+V>Any ideas why a single remote view would fail to load when the EXE is run from the desktop shortcut but load properly when the same EXE run from VFP? Other remote views from the same SQL database on this form load properly. This table was added to the SQL database Thursday; the SQL DBA insists this table has the same rights and user settings as all others.