>>How can I get the return value of a form created programatically?
>
>Well, I think the correct theoretical answer would be that you don't treat a class (any class) as if it were a function at all. Something a bit more OOP-like which would solve your problem would probably read like this:
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>LOCAL loForm, lcReturnValue
>
>loForm = CREATEOBJECT("frmModal")
>loForm.Show()
>lcReturnValue = loForm.cReturnValue && "Hello World" is now in lcReturnValue
>loForm.Release()
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>

>DEFINE CLASS frmModal AS Form
>     WindowType = 1
>     cReturnValue = ""
>
>     PROCEDURE CloseForm    && This would be called by an OK button
>          WITH Thisform
>               .cReturnValue = "Hello World"
>               .Hide()
>          ENDWITH
>     ENDPROC
>ENDDEFINE
>

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>Note that Hide() releases a modal state the same way Release() does. Also, I invariably invoke forms using CREATEOBJECT(), rather than DO FORM.
>
>If you're playing around with this code, please bear with the fact that I'm writing at about 3:30am Central Daylight, and my exact syntax may be a bit fuzzy. :)

Hallelujah! It works like charm. This help me tremendously! Can I give you five stars instead?

A follow-up question but does not really requires an answer as I may soon find this out. Will converting my visual class/forms to text-based format have a significant impact on the total size my EXE?