Any (data type)

Description Used with the Declare statement to indicate that type checking is not to be performed with a given argument.
Comments Given the following declaration: 
  Declare Sub Foo Lib "FOO.DLL" (a As Any)
The following calls are valid: 
  Foo 10
  Foo "Hello, world."
Example The following example calls the FindWindow to determine if Program Manager is running. This example uses the Any keyword to pass a NULL pointer, which is accepted by the FindWindow function. 
Declare Function FindWindow16 Lib "user" Alias "FindWindow" (ByVal Class _
 As Any,ByVal Title As Any) As Integer
Declare Function FindWindow32 Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal Class _
  As Any,ByVal Title As Any) As Long
Sub Main()
  Dim hWnd As Variant
  If Basic.Os = ebWin16 Then
    hWnd = FindWindow 16("PROGMAN",0&)
  ElseIf Basic.Os = ebWin32 Then
    hWnd = FindWindow32("PROGMAN",0&)
  Else
    hWnd = 0
  End If
  If hWnd <> 0 Then
    MsgBox "Program manager is running, window handle is " & hWnd
  End If
End Sub
See Also Declare (statement).