>It appears that creating a function via
>

FUNCTION myFunc (p1 AS String, p2 AS Int,...etc)

>creates the paramaters as Local variables.
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>Using the same syntax, is there an option somewhere that would allow them to be created as PRIVATE????
>
>Thanks......Rich

I thought it would create them as private (guess I was wrong). Using Parameters vs LPARAMETERS statement gives you more control.