>can read Foxhelp its well explained (search for "return command")
>or also https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/512x8ss9%28v=vs.80%29.aspx
>can see all possbilities for return command
>
>lnReturn Specifies the expression returned to the calling program.
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>return (lnReturn) replaces maybe the old macro "return &lnReturn" .it evaluates the expression returned to the calling programm.
>it can be at the end of a procedure or function or even a modal form..

No, putting the return value in parens doesn't change the value returned in any way. Parens only make a different in places where VFP expects a name and only a name.

Tamar