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Declaration specifier to indicate that a procedure in a DLL should be visible from other programs

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	{ [[KeyPgSub|sub]] | [[KeyPgFunction|function]] } //proc_name// ( //argumentlist// ) [ [ [[KeyPgByrefFunction|byref]] ] [[KeyPgAs|as]] [[DataType|datatype]] ] **Export**
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	If a function is declared with this clause in a DLL, it is added to the public export table, so external programs can dynamically link to it using [[KeyPgDylibsymbol|Dylibsymbol]].
	(specifier to be put at procedure definition level, forbidden at procedure declaration line level)

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	See the examples on the [[ProPgSharedLibraries|Shared Libraries]] page.

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	- Not available in the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang qb]]// dialect unless referenced with the alias ##**""__Export""**##.

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	- Dynamic link libraries are not available in DOS, as the OS doesn't support them.

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	- New to Freebasic

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	- ##[[KeyPgDylibload|Dylibload]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgDylibsymbol|Dylibsymbol]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgAlias|Alias]]##

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