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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
       <STRONG>form_field_info</STRONG> - retrieve field characteristics


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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
       <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>
       int field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols,
                     int *frow, int *fcol, int *nrow, int *nbuf);
       int dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows,  int
       *cols, int *max);


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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
       The  function  <STRONG>field_info</STRONG>  returns  the  sizes  and  other
       attributes passed in to the field at  its  creation  time.
       The  attributes are: height, width, row of upper-left cor-
       ner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen  rows,
       and number of working buffers.

       The function <STRONG>dynamic_field_info</STRONG> returns the actual size of
       the field, and its maximum possible size.   If  the  field
       has  no  size  limit,  the location addressed by the third
       argument will be set to 0.  A field can be made dynamic by
       turning off the <STRONG>O_STATIC</STRONG> option with <STRONG>field_opts_off</STRONG>.


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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
       These routines return one of the following:

       <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.

       <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
            System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).

       <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
            Routine  detected  an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
            ment.


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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> and related pages whose names begin "form_" for
       detailed descriptions of the entry points.


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<H2>NOTES</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>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
       These routines emulate the System V forms  library.   They
       were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

       A  null  (zero  pointer) is accepted for any of the return
       values, to ignore that  value.   Not  all  implementations
       allow this, e.g., Solaris 2.7 does not.


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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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