[AccessD] Alias Question

[Stuart McLachlan]

You guessed wrong. Charlotte is mistaken. Se my longer response.  :)

On 19 Dec 2021 at 16:24, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> 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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