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Defining and Maintaining External Functions

Before you can define a new external function, the library containing your library file must already exist.

You can use the same library for both external functions and external methods, if required. For details about adding a library, see "Maintaining Libraries for External Methods and Functions", later in this chapter.

For details about maintaining external functions, see the following subsections.

Adding an External Function

Modifying the External Function Template

Compiling Your External Function

Example of Definition of an External Function

Example of Usage of an External Function

Viewing References to an External Function

Extracting an External Function or Library