>>>>>>Return an object based on empty with properties storing return values. This way you can return as many strings or not strings as you want
>>>>>
>>>>>I just did a little test. And it appears that creating an empty object is fairly simple
>>>>>

>>>>>oEmpty = CREATEOBJECT("empty")
>>>>>ADDPROPERTY( oEmpty, "return_success",.T.)
>>>>>ADDPROPERTY( oEmpty, "string1","abc")
>>>>>ADDPROPERTY( oEmpty, "string2","123")
>>>>>oEmpty.return_success = .F.
>>>>>RETURN 
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>

>>>>...
>>>>RETURN oEmpty
>>>>

>>>>Yep and it'll save a lot of headache in the future
>>>
>>>I agree, 100%. I can see a lot of potential. The only problem is that now I want to refactor hundreds of the routines where this approach can be applied :) I have to resist the temptation :)
>>
>>Btw, it also good for passing parameters when you have too many of them
>
>I agree. In fact this particular method receives 9 parameters. And I may just replace them with one object with 9 properties. Thank you.

An extra bonus by using an object as parameter is that your "parameters" will have names, so you don't have to remember their order.