>While VFP doesn't differentiate between the two, I'd say that when you're returning a value, call it a FUNCTION and if not call a PROCEDURE. This not only is consistent with other languages (where the two aren't interchangable), but, I believe, adds to the readability.

George,

I'll disagree with you here. I say use the same keyword all of the time, that way when you are searching for routine in a source file you simply search for PROCEDURE or FUNCTION and find them all no matter how you intended to use them.