Hi hilmar,

>OK, here is one "contest": you have to run three functions one after the other. func2() should only run if func1() is successful, and func3(), again, depends on the successful completion of func2(). Do you see an alternative that is shorter than two nested IFs?

That's too easy,

= Func(1) AND Func(2) AND Func(3)

Or if you want a more structured way in handling failures:

DO CASE
   CASE !Func(1)
        ** Handle exception here

   CASE !Func(2)
        ** Handle exception here

   CASE !Func(3)
        ** Handle exception here

   OTHERWISE
        ** All functions succeeded
ENDCASE

Some might argue that the latter is a bad coding practise as the CASE lines cannot be moved from one position to another. OTOH, this practise does help to avoid nested IFs and IMO does produce more readable code.

Walter,