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<H1 class="no-header">form_field_new 3x</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
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<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>form_field_new</STRONG> - create and destroy form fields
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<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>
FIELD *new_field(int height, int width,
int toprow, int leftcol,
int offscreen, int nbuffers);
FIELD *dup_field(FIELD *field, int toprow, int leftcol);
FIELD *link_field(FIELD *field, int toprow, int leftcol);
int free_field(FIELD *field);
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<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The function <STRONG>new_field</STRONG> allocates a new field and initial-
izes it from the parameters given: height, width, row of
upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number
off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers.
The function <STRONG>dup_field</STRONG> duplicates a field at a new loca-
tion. Most attributes (including current contents, size,
validation type, buffer count, growth threshold, justifi-
cation, foreground, background, pad character, options,
and user pointer) are copied. Field status and the field
page bit are not copied.
The function <STRONG>link_field</STRONG> acts like <STRONG>dup_field</STRONG>, but the new
field shares buffers with its parent. Attribute data is
separate.
The function <STRONG>free_field</STRONG> de-allocates storage associated
with a field.
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<H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
The function, <STRONG>new_field</STRONG>, <STRONG>dup_field</STRONG>, <STRONG>link_field</STRONG> return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>
on error. They set errno according to their success:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
<STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
The function <STRONG>free_field</STRONG> returns one of the following:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
ment.
<STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
field is connected.
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<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
The header file <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
file <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
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<H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
These routines emulate the System V forms library. They
were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied
by <STRONG>dup_field</STRONG> being portable; the System V forms library
documents are not very explicit about what gets copied and
what does not.
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<H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
curses by Eric S. Raymond.
<STRONG><A HREF="form_field_new.3x.html">form_field_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
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