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Not possible to acheive this with macros, as the function name is defined in the assembly, and I can't think of a way to modify the assembly using macros.

Very good point. Alias would be a really great function for extending many
creation packages.

I quoted that from the forum rules.

My attentions are not to create an offernsive thread, or to get my thread deleted. I'm just making a comment about a feature I would like to see
because it would be particularly useful.

It'd be great if they would make it a define macro instead.
Like:

#Define HWND .l

This would be a hell of alot cleaner than my previous post.

Hitorro check this out
I found a a way to accomplish this using macros,
I know, it looks horrible, but it works!

Just want to add: don't call it lame if a function is not in PureBasic, and you think it should be in! Fred and the team will decide if a feature request is good enough to be added. Don't come over here with a list off functions that MUST be added because this would make PureBasic a killer app in ...

thought it was like this:

Code:
ProcedureDLL MyFunc() Alias "_CustomDecoration"
EndProcedure


That's how the alias keyword works in Pascal and it also fits the description given by mr daniel reed. Also it's not possible in PureBasic.

Yes, sorry if I didn't clarify enough. This is exactly ...

"Alias" would be a great feature, it's the only feature that is keeping me
from buying the full version of PureBASIC, instead of PowerBASIC.

"Alias" aliases the executable name of a function, particularly useful
for DLLs.

I would like to see this command in upcoming version of PureBASIC.