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VB Declaration

Declare Function sx_Alias Lib "Apollo9.dll"

(ByVal uiWorkArea As Integer)  

As String

C Declaration

VOID FAR PASCAL sx_Append (VOID);

Description

Retrieves the table alias name assigned to the current work area when the table was opened. This function is the inverse of sx_WorkArea, which retrieves the work area number associated with a passed alias name.

Parameters

uiWorkArea: Retrieves the alias name assigned to this work area when the database is opened with sx_Use. If uiWorkArea is passed as zero (0), the alias name of the current work area is returned.

VB Example

' Display table info

Text1.Text = sx_WorkArea(0&)

Text2.Text = sx_BaseName()

Text3.Text = sx_Alias(0)

Text4.Text = sx_BaseDate()

 

C Example

void CNamesForm::OnButtonAdd()

{

LONG lSaveRec;

// set switch on, setup append, and then edit

bAddMode = TRUE;

lSaveRec = sx_RecNo();

sx_GoBottom();

sx_Skip(1L);

OnButtonEdit();

 

// if user cancels edit, bAddMode will be FALSE

if (bAddMode)

sx_Append();

else

sx_Go(lSaveRec);

}

 

m_aliasbox->SetStrProperty("Text", (LPCSTR) sx_Alias(0));

 

See Also

sx_WorkArea