>I'm not sure but I think it works with remote views only.
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>>Changing DataType of the field from T to D in the local view doesn't seem to work. In other words, the field remains T. Is it a bug in VFP8 or did I do something wrong?
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Yes, looks like it. I quickly searched in Help and didn't find any relevant info. But my test confirmed that it doesn't work for local views.