Tracy,

The "@" character is used to indicate that parameter is passed by ref. The "&" starts macro substitution.

RetVal = MyPersProc(@Parm1, Parm2)

>What is wrong with:
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>RetVal = MyPersProc(&Parm1, Parm2)
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>Shouldn't parm1 be passed by reference and parm2 by value?
>I keep getting a Function name is missing ). error message when I run it...