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    <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159158" xml-lang="en-US">Define non-UNO data structures.</paragraph>
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     <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id311512206747401" xml-lang="en-US">A Type structure is an ordered collection of data fields, that can be manipulated as a single item.</paragraph>
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         <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id951512205849777" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">    DataField1 As TypeName1</paragraph>
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       <note id="par_id701574739564765">Extended types such as <literal>Type</literal> statement structures, UNO objects or <link href="text/sbasic/shared/classmodule.xhp">ClassModule</link> objects are valid typenames.</note>
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     <note id="par_id351573639548645">A Type structure scope is that of the module it belongs to.</note>
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         <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id171512211067797" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">    Name1 As String</paragraph>
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         <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id481512211058930" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">End Type &apos; Customer structure</paragraph>
         <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id841512211054689" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">Sub setCustomer</paragraph>
         <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id471512211049777" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">    Dim oCustomer as New Customer</paragraph>
         <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id881512211042456" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">    oCustomer.Name1 = "The Document Foundation"</paragraph>
         <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id461512211038180" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">    oCustomer.City = "Berlin"</paragraph>
         <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id21512211032617" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph>
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     <tip id="par_id701573639564765"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/enum.xhp">Enumerations</link> can be created using Type statement definitions. <link href="text/sbasic/guide/basic_2_python.xhp">Calling Python Scripts from Basic</link> illustrates that mechanism.</tip>
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