I'm not sure about the scope problem, but I was under the impression that a return statement in a catch block is a syntax error.
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>Alan
Hi Alan,
Yes, it definitely is in VFP, but C# isn't flagging it...
Regardless, I probably shouldn't do it anyway.
Thanks,
- Brian
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