>> It appears that creating a function via
>>
>> FUNCTION myFunc (p1 AS String, p2 AS Int,...etc)
>> creates the paramaters as Local variables.
>>
>> Using the same syntax, is there an option somewhere that would allow them > to be created as PRIVATE????
>
>

>FUNCTION myFunc
>Parameters p1 AS String, p2 AS Int
>

Using the same syntax, is there an option somewhere that would allow them > to be created as PRIVATE????

Guess the answer is no.