[AccessD] Alias Question

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Sun Dec 19 15:24:38 CST 2021


Charlotte,
I guessed that much.. Perhaps my question should have been Why? What's the
advantage of using an alias when you already have the function name?

On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You use the alias to call the function.
>
> Charlotte Foust
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> On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 10:31 AM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> 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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