[AccessD] Alias Question

[Stuart McLachlan]

It is the exact name of the function as the it appears in the  DLL. You can declare the 
function with any function name you want in your code, but you must give the correct actual 
name, with correct capitalisation, as it appears in the function as the ALIAS because that is 
how your code finds it in the DLL.

In your example, the actual exported function n the DLL is called GetDesktopWindow (not 
captialization).

You could call get the Desktop WIndow handle with hWNd = GetWinNAme() if you declared 
your function like this:
Declare Function myGetWInName _
Lib "user32" Alias "GetDesktopWindow" () As Long

If you did this (note incorrect capitalization), calling your function would give an error since 
their is no such function in the DLL.
Declare Function WM_apiGetDesktopWindow _
Lib "user32" Alias "Getdesktopwindow" () As Long



On 19 Dec 2021 at 13:30, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> Given a function declaration such as this(from ADH, by Getz et. al.):
> <code> Declare Function WM_apiGetDesktopWindow _ Lib "user32" Alias
> "GetDesktopWindow" () As Long </code>
> 
> What purpose does the Alias serve?
> 
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