Ken,

I don't think the view designer is allowed in runtime.

You might want to look at a tool like SFQuery from Stonefield. http://www.stonefieldquery.com/

>Is it possible to call view designer in a form? Using VFP7, I would want to create a un-normalized table pulling together a number of tables then offer the ability to select/sort data as needed.
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>Later in the form would want to offer the ability to display the results in the excel file.
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>Can this be done...if so any samples that I can look at?