Bhavbhuti,
(I have no idea about Codebook)
The database objects are not part of a form. Define your NewID returning functions in DBC as stored procedures. Then it'd look like :

myNewID('tablename')

dbsetprop('ViewName.FieldName','Field','DefaultValue','myNewID("TableName")')

Cetin

>Hi Cetin I just tried you approach, first for default values. This is the default value I am putting in one field iEngineID, I want this ID to be populated with the last used value.
>
>THISFORM.botRoutineTest.oLastRecord.iEngineID
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>I get this error:
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>Object is not contained in a FORM.
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>This was working well with my original logic posted of AfterNew(). The oLastRecord is a public (was protected) property.
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>Any idea what I may have done wrong. I use CodeBook and this was the way I could get the last record details by SCATTERing to an object.
>
>
>>>>OK so you want to manage from another table as metadata. How about doing your way but changing default/validation for view once at a suitable place (typically when metadata is edited and saved).
>>>
>>>Yes
>>>
>>>>
>>>>ie : You could do like this :
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>open data myData
>>>>select metadata
>>>>scan
>>>>  lcViewField = trim(VievName -'.'-ViewFieldName)
>>>>  DBSetProp(lcViewField,"FIELD","RuleText",FieldRuleText)
>>>>  DBSetProp(lcViewField,"FIELD","RuleExpression",FieldRuleExpr)
>>>>  DBSetProp(lcViewField,"FIELD","DefaultValue",FieldDefaultExpr)
>>>>endscan
>>>>

Cetin
>>>
>>>Wow that means that I can do this once (at time of reinstllation) and I can avoid unnecesary function calls.
>>>
>>>I will try this at the soonest.
>>
>>Yes. Also after doing that :
>>compile database DBCName && VFP6 SP3 and later
>>Cetin