AS Clause - Different Uses See Also To specify a variable's type in a declarative statement or parameter list: ◄COMMON► ◄FUNCTION► ◄DECLARE SUB► ◄REDIM► ◄DECLARE FUNCTION► ◄SHARED► ◄DEF FN► ◄STATIC► ◄DIM► ◄SUB► To specify an element's type in a user-defined data type: ◄TYPE...END TYPE► To assign a file number to a file or device in an OPEN statement: ◄OPEN► To specify a field name in a random-access record: ◄FIELD► To specify a new file name when you rename a file: ◄NAME►