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**NAME(** //constant //**)**

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| **NAME** | Specifies an "external" name for the linker. |
| //constant// | A string constant containing the external name to assign. This is case sensitive. |

The **NAME** attribute specifies an "external" name for the linker. The NAME attribute may be placed on a PROCEDURE Prototype. The //constant// supplies the external name used by the linker to identify the procedure or function from an external library or to provide a Clarion language prototype with an external name for external linkage (usually to eliminate the compiler's standard name mangling), making it easier to construct an export list for a .DLL to be used in other language projects.

**Example:**

** PROGRAM**

** MAP**

**  MODULE('External.Obj')**

**AddCount PROCEDURE(LONG),LONG,C,****NAME****('_AddCount')  !C function named '_AddCount'**

**  END**

** END**

**See Also:**

[[procedure prototypes.htm|PROCEDURE Prototypes]]

[[name mangling and c   compatibility.htm|Name Mangling and C++ Compatibility]]