Geoff,

> Generally you should use the DefaultValues stringlist property to
> setup the the defaults at the client.

...which should be surfaced in each field's DefaultExpression property.
I seem to recall that in some cases I was able to prefetch the default
valiues at design time from the server; can't remember if it was the BDE
or some additional tool that allowed me to do that.
Perhaps IBO should get the defaults at prepare time?
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