>I am sure I am missing something simple on this.
>
>In the following code:
>

>LOCAL lIsSuccess
>m.lIsSuccess = upDateEFA()
>IF m.lIsSuccess = .T.
>        * The return should be this - and it is!
>        WAIT WINDOW "lIsSuccess  was .T."
>ELSE
>	WAIT WINDOW "lIsSuccess  was .F."
>ENDIF
>
>
>PROCEDURE upDateEFA
>RETURN .T.
>

>there is no problem.
>
>However, in a Form I have:
>

>PostNow() Method
>LOCAL lIsSuccess
>m.lIsSuccess = THISFORM.upDateEFA()
>IF m.lIsSuccess = .T.
>	WAIT WINDOW "lIsSuccess  was .T."
>ELSE
>        * The return should be this - but it's not!	
>        WAIT WINDOW "lIsSuccess  was .F."
>ENDIF
>
>
>upDateEFA()Method
>RETURN .F.
>

>and it always is .T. for m.lIsSuccess (even though I am returning .F. in the UpDateEFA() method)

Is this your actual code, or is it pseudocode you've created to illustrate the situation?