NAME
dup_field,
free_field, link_field,
new_field —
form library
LIBRARY
library “libform”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<form.h>
FIELD *
dup_field(FIELD
*field, int frow,
int fcol);
int
free_field(FIELD
*field);
FIELD *
link_field(FIELD
*field, int frow,
int fcol);
FIELD *
new_field(int rows,
int cols, int frow,
int fcol, int nrows,
int nbuf);
DESCRIPTION
Thedup_field()
function duplicates the given field, including any buffers associated with the
field and returns the pointer to the newly created field.
free_field()
destroys the field and frees any allocated resources associated with the
field. The function
link_field()
copies the given field to a new field at the location
frow and fcol but shares the
buffers with the original field.
new_field()
creates a new field of size rows by
cols at location frow,
fcol on the page, the argument
nrows specified the number of off screen rows the field
has and the nbuf parameter specifies the number of extra
buffers attached to the field. There will always be one buffer associated with
a field.
RETURN VALUES
On error dup_field() and
new_field() will return
NULL. The functions will one of the following error
values:
E_OK- The function was successful.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT- A bad argument was passed to the function.
E_CONNECTED- The field is connected to a form.
SEE ALSO
NOTES
The header
<form.h> automatically
includes both <curses.h> and
<eti.h>.