>>Your DBC read-only, ie included in the compiled version?
>Yes. Opened exclusive, re-created from scratch. We are usinf VFP 3.0 though if that makes any difference. Could'nt find anything in Help which remotely suggests that the use of this command is restricted.
Sanjay,

If the DBC is marked Included in the project, that is it doesn;t have the little circle with a slash through it in the PM. Then the DBC is read only adn the view cannot be created because the view definiton has to be written into the dbc.

Mark the DBC as exlcuded formt eh project, highlight it and choose exlcude from the Project menu. The build you exe and be sure to distribute the dbc dct and dcx along with the exe.