I couldn't get this working without having a To clause. Also, if you pass a string, the string is stored in the property, not a reference. I'm intrigued now...

>May sound old-fashioned, but you can always pass parameters into a form by reference in a bit of a quirky way:
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>given that ReturnVal1 and ReturnVal2 are to be given some value within the form's logic:
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>Do form myForm with "ReturnVal1", "ReturnVal2"
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>In the form's Init:
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>lParam cMVName1, cMVName2
>thisform.RetVal1_MVName=cMVName1
>thisform.RetVal2_MVName=cMVName2
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>Anywhere in the form's logic:
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>Store AnyVal1 to (thisform.RetVal1_MVName)
>Store AnyVal2 to (thisform.RetVal2_MVName)
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>Kludgy but it works.
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