John,

That looks like a different error to me (first one was for the input parameter, this one's for the return value. Try this in your last line:

	return (decimal)b.getbalance(custNumber);

~~Bonnie

>Hi,
>No, it is the same
>
>

>VFP
>Method: GetBalance()
>LPARAMETERS custnumber AS Integer
>RETURN THIS.macurbalances[custnumber]
>
>
>.NET
>[WebMethod]
>public decimal RetrieveBalance(int custNumber)
>{
>	NETMyCustomer.mycustomer b = new NETMyCustomer.mycustomerClass();
>	return b.getbalance(custNumber);
>}
>

>
>Error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'object' to 'decimal'