>>Any difference if you pass the parameter BY REFERENCE?
>
>I also tried that. It didn't help.

Try

LOCAL loEClient
LOCAL lcResponseCode
<b>lcResponseCode = REPLICATE(CHR(0), 255)</b>
loEClient=CREATEOBJECT('MyObject')
<b>loEClient.GetResponseCode(@lcResponseCode)</b>
? 'Response Code: ' + lcResponseCode