Progress 4GL and ABL Control Flow Statements

This article describes Progress 4GL and OpenEdge ABL control flow statements.

Overview

Statement	Description
RETURN	Leaves the procedure or database trigger block

Progress 4GL/ABL - RETURN
Syntax	RETURN [ERROR \| NO-APPLY] [return_value]
Description	Leaves the procedure or database trigger block and returns to the calling block
Parameters	if ERROR is specified, the RETURN raises an error in the calling block. if NO-APPLY is specified, the RETURN suppresses the default behavior in the current user-interface event. return_value is the value returned to the caller
Notes	OUTPUT or INPUT-OUTPUT parameters are not returned to the caller if RETURN ERROR is executed

Examples:

RETURN "The value is 0".
RETURN.
RETURN ERROR.