>Am I doing something wrong, or is it something on my machine, or what? Whenever I try to retrieve
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dbgetprop("v_notes","VIEW","ParameterList")

>regardless of the view, I get a blank. It does check the view, because it complains if I mistype anything - but doesn't return anything. Does it work for remote views only (I'm trying this for local views), or is it "a known bug I never heard of"?
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>I'm getting the same behavior in VFP6 SP5 and in VFP7.

Well, you're not alone. I got blank too. I briefly looked through Chapter 8: Creating Views in Help, but didn't find an explanation. The next step would be to search in MS KB...