>Question: can I return a value from a Method? If so, how would I reference the returned value?

Several ways to return a value -- if only single value, then you can use the method by Dan Freeman. You can pass the parameters to the method by reference:

MyVar1 = ""
MyVar2 = 0
thisform.MyMethod(@MyVar1, @MyVar2, ...)
...
? MyVar1
? MyVar2

the @ sign passes the parameter by reference, any value assignment in the method is returned to the calling program. You can also pass an object with properties:

loReturn = CREATEOBJECT("Empty")
ADDPROPERTY(loReturn,"MyVar1","")     && Return value 1
ADDPROPERTY(loReturn,"MyVar2",0)      && Return value 2
thisform.MyMethod(loReturn)
...
? loReturn.MyVar1
? loReturn.MyVar2