Sounds like VFP 8.0's View Designer will be a winner.....
Tommy
>>>The View designer for VFP7 and earlier is brain dead when it comes to complex views, so it can't create the view you are wanting.
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>>I was afraid of that....
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>If you've got the VFP8 public beta, its View Designer is *much* better. I downloaded the beta myself for that reason alone. VFP 7 will use the views with no questions asked, but you can't edit them in 7.
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>Chris.
Tommy Tillman A+ NetWork+ MCP