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| <STRONG><A HREF="form_post.3x.html">form_post(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="form_post.3x.html">form_post(3x)</A></STRONG> |
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| <H2>NAME</H2><PRE> |
| <STRONG>form_post</STRONG> - write or erase forms from associated subwin- |
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| <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE> |
| <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><form.h></STRONG> |
| int post_form(FORM *form); |
| int unpost_form(FORM *form); |
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| <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE> |
| The function <STRONG>post_form</STRONG> displays a form to its associated |
| subwindow. To trigger physical display of the subwindow, |
| use <STRONG>refresh</STRONG> or some equivalent <STRONG>curses</STRONG> routine (the |
| implicit <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG> triggered by an <STRONG>curses</STRONG> input request |
| will do). |
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| The function <STRONG>unpost_form</STRONG> erases form from its associated |
| subwindow. |
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| <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE> |
| These routines return one of the following: |
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| <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded. |
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| <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG> |
| Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu- |
| ment. |
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| <STRONG>E_BAD_STATE</STRONG> |
| Routine was called from an initialization or termina- |
| tion function. |
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| <STRONG>E_NOT_POSTED</STRONG> |
| The form has not been posted. |
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| <STRONG>E_NOT_CONNECTED</STRONG> |
| No items are connected to the form. |
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| <STRONG>E_NO_ROOM</STRONG> |
| Form is too large for its window. |
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| <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG> |
| The form has already been posted. |
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| <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG> |
| System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>). |
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| <H2>SEE ALSO</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>NOTES</H2><PRE> |
| The header file <STRONG><form.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header |
| file <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>. |
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| <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE> |
| These routines emulate the System V forms library. They |
| were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions. |
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| <H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE> |
| Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new |
| curses by Eric S. Raymond. |
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