>Well I'm stumped already. I compiled a bunch of functions and procedures into an exe as a test. I tried to call a procedure using DO myProc IN myTest.exe WITH 1. While this worked from the command window (i.e., no crash or errors), my problem is that the procedure is supposed to return a string. How do I get the returned value with a DO ... IN ... syntax?

Most of my code works with objects, and you if you have a little helper function in the app returning the objects

function appobject(toRefReturn, tcClass, tcOptClasslib)
toRefReturn = newobject(tcClass, tcOptClasslib)

do appobject in xx.app with loRet, (m.tcClass), (m.tcOptClasslib) && I standardize on return value as 1. par for that pattern

or you set proc to the app and can call similar functions (which must have a distinct name then! One of the few kinks in this approach, read the help about it - fpw was smarter here) returning values. With the objects you work the usual way, calling methods and setting properties.

HTH

thomas