As

Part of a declaration which specifies a data type, or part of the KeyPgOpenOpen 
statement which specifies a file handle.

Syntax
	symbolname As DataTypedatatype

	KeyPgOpenOpen ... As #filenumber
	KeyPgTypeType ... As DataTypedatatype

Description
	As is used to declare the type of variables, fields or arguments and is 
	also used in the KeyPgOpenOpen statement to determine the file handle. As is also 
	used with the KeyPgTypeAliasType (Alias) syntax, similar to C's typedef statement.

Example
	'' don't try to compile this code, the examples are unrelated
	Declare Sub mySub (X As Integer, Y As Single, Z As String)
	' ...

	Dim X As Integer
	' ...

	Type myType
	  X As Integer
	  Y As Single
	  Z As String
	End Type
	' ...

	Type TheNewType As myType
	' ...

	Open "test" For Input As #1
	' ...

Differences from QB
	* The KeyPgTypeAliasType (Alias) syntax was not supported in QB.

See also
	* KeyPgDeclareDeclare
	* KeyPgDimDim
	* KeyPgTypeType
	* KeyPgOpenOpen

