>>Does anyone know of a way to determine if a variable has been passed to a function by reference or by value. This is a run-time question.
>>For example:
>>

>>local a
>>a='test'
>>=Test(@a)
>>=Test(a)
>>
>>procedure Text
>>lparameter b
>>*-- here, i would like to verify that the variable 'a' was passed to 'b' as by reference.
>>...
>>

>
>Take a look at this
>http://berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/difference-between-function-and-procedure-statements

Does that answer the question ?