>>>What is the your preferred method to return more than one value from a form? Use an array? or pass a reference to a non-visual object? Or some other way?
> >
> >Roi and Ken both gave good suggestions, but if I wanted to make this as simple as possible for myself and for other programmers, I would accept output parameters
> passed by reference.
> >
> >For an example, check out the GridHitTest() method. That returns a value, plus 4 values gained by passing variables by reference.
>>
> >Mike,
> >If I understand you correctly, this is the method I wanted to use, but have been unsuccessful implementing.
>> The problem I run into is: how do you maintain the by reference integrity of a variable passed by reference after the called form's init event?
>>
> >I know you can save an object reference to a property, but what about a variable passed by reference? How do you prevent it from going out of scope?
> >
> > For Example,
> >
> >DO FORM form2 with @form1
> >
> >in form2.init() event
> >
> > lparameters toForm
> > this.cusproperty = toForm
> >
> >now I can access form1 from anywhere in form2 thru the .cusproperty. But how do I do this with a variable passed by ref? Because when I pass a var by ref and assign the parameter to the property in the form's init event, the property only takes on the value, not the reference.
> >
> >Thanks In Advance,
> >
> >Jon
>
>Jon,
>
>I know this thread happend quite a while ago but did you ever get a final answer, if so could you pass it on to me as this is exactly the point I've got to!!
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

I ended up taking Roi's advice and using parameter objects. Refer to the following article for more info:
http://www.comcodebook.com/WhitePapers/Parameter%20Objects%20-%20The%20Basics.htm

There was also a foxtalk article named "Manage Your Applications" written by Doug Hennig but I dont have the url handy. You might be able to locate a link on his website: www.stonefield.com

Jon