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>>>Here are our rule call and Error for the field:

>>>VARTYPE(ovalid)="O".AND.(Ovalid.nlocked=0.OR.source(complevl,"CompLevl"))&& Field rule
>>>
>>>IIF(VARTYPE(ovalid)#"O","Field validation failure in COMPLEVL","") && Error

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>>I also see that you skip the validation if Ovalid.nLocked=0. I'm trying to develope a class that skips the validation on the underlying DBF() during a TABLEUPDATE(), if it's already been done in the View. Any chance that's what your Ovalid.nLocked=0 is doing?
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>All our validation methods are stored in a table (in several related tables, to be precise) and we have a visual interface to change them... I can send you our Methods form screen shot, if you'd like, and the resolve validation screen...

I was hoping you were already doing what I'm trying to do.
I'm trying to get my field-level validation rules to automatically recognize that the data has already been validated in a view and turn itself off.

One last question (I think).
I'm assuming that source() is a generic UDF() that ALL (or several) fields use as their Field rule and not unique to COMPLEVL. Is that right?

Thanks for taking the time to deal with me.