>This works as well:
>
>

>       static bool MyMethodA()
>        {
>            bool retVal = true;
>            //retVal is true
>            //check for retVal = true and MyMethodB returns true
>            retVal = retVal && MyMethodB(out retVal);
>            //retVal is now false
>            return retVal;                   //returns false
>        }
>
>        static bool MyMethodB(out bool retVal)
>        {
>            //bool retVal = false;
>            //Do Something
>            retVal = 1 + 1 > 0;         //still true
>
>            if (retVal)                      //passes since retVal = true
>            {
>                retVal = 2 + 2 < 0;     //set retVal to false
>            }
>
>            return retVal;                 //return false
>        }
>

>
>Am I not understanding your problem?

Try this without passing retval to second method and declaring retval in the second method (it should be visible there).