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

Yeah, I know that. Unfortunately there are a couple of hundred little modules using this syntax and I was hoping to be able to convert them without having to dig through them all.

That being said, maybe it's better to check them all since a couple of the modules might really need the local versions.