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Declares and defines a subroutine in a DLL file that you want to execute from LibreOffice Basic.
See also: FreeLibrary
Declare {Sub | Function} Name Lib "Libname" [Alias "Aliasname"] [Parameter] [As Type]
Name: A different name than defined in the DLL, to call the subroutine from LibreOffice Basic.
Aliasname: Name of the subroutine as defined in the DLL.
Libname: File or system name of the DLL. This library is automatically loaded the first time the function is used.
Argumentlist: List of parameters representing arguments that are passed to the procedure when it is called. The type and number of parameters is dependent on the executed procedure.
Type: Defines the data type of the value that is returned by a function procedure. You can exclude this parameter if a type-declaration character is entered after the name.
To pass a parameter to a subroutine as a value instead of as a reference, the parameter must be indicated by the keyword ByVal.
Declare Sub MyMessageBeep Lib "user32.dll" Alias "MessageBeep" ( Long )
Sub ExampleDeclare
Dim lValue As Long
lValue = 5000
MyMessageBeep( lValue )
FreeLibrary("user32.dll" )
End Sub