Thomas,

it always depend on your needs, or the level of information you will / need to provide. I normaly get paid for your function, not a single line more. ::)

Agnes

>Hi Agnes,
>
>you've got a point. Perhaps I am a bit too focused on looking behind the scene. :-)
>
>I will reduce it to this:
>
>

>FUNCTION TestWin32ApiFunctionality
>  LOCAL llReturn as Boolean
>  llReturn = .F.
>  TRY
>    * Declare WIN32API call
>    DECLARE INTEGER GetEnvironmentStrings IN WIN32API
>    llReturn = .T.
>  CATCH
>    * Throw message
>    MESSAGEBOX([Unable to declare..blabla],0+16+0,[Info])
>  ENDTRY
>  RETURN llReturn
>ENDFUNC
>