Imports & Aurora Function Names

[Zen]

Hello.

I am trying to create an import called select and i cannot compile as it is giving me a syntax error because the compiler thinks im trying to use Aurora's Select command. If i made the dll i would change it, but as it is part of the windows API i cannot. Is there an easy way around it?

Lewis

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

Use the ALIAS keyword.

declare import, SelectX ALIAS select(...);

Which will resolve the conflict.  You'll call the function using the SelectX name

[Zen]

Nope. trued using alias and it still didnt work.

Lewis

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

I use it myself all the time.  How about posting the funciton in question

[sapero]

winsock? try with quotes:

Code Select Expand

declare import, SelectX ALIAS "select"(
int nfds,
fd_set *readfds,
fd_set *writefds,
fd_set *exceptfds,
timeval *timeout
),int;

[Parker]

In IBPro we had to have the quoted syntax so the compiler didn't think we were doing a select command. Sapero's way will work.

Edit: Apparently SELECT is its own token and doesn't qualify as a literal, just if you're wondering why it won't work the other way.