[AccessD] Alias Question

[Arthur Fuller]

Stuart,
I look firward to your longer response. Where is it?

On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 4:39 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> 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
> > > (916) 206-4336
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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