That was it! THANK YOU!

>Probably you forgot to select "fastcall" calling convention (Project settings->C/C++->Code generation).
>
>>Very frustrating.
>>
>>Now; such a simple fll (prints out var type passed) is returning garbage.
>>
>>I think I need to take a break...
>>the output is:
>>VAL[]
>>Var: [
>>
>>so I must have screwed somethign up with mixing/matching libraries or header files or something...
>>
>>#include "pro_ext.h"
>>
>>void FAR test(ParamBlk FAR *parm ) {
>> char test[100];
>> _PutStr("VAL[");
>> _PutValue(&parm->p[0].val);
>> _PutStr("]\n");
>> sprintf(test,"Var: [%c]\n",parm->p[0].val.ev_type);
>> _PutStr(test);
>>}