form_field_new()

create and destroy form fields 

Curses Function

SYNOPSIS

#include <form.h>

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);

DESCRIPTION

The function new_field() allocates a new field and initializes 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 dup_field() duplicates a field at a new location. Most attributes (including current contents, size, validation type, buffer count, growth threshold, justification, foreground, background, pad character, options, and user pointer) are copied. Field status and the field page bit are not copied.

The function link_field() acts like dup_field(), but the new field shares buffers with its parent. Attribute data is separate.

The function free_field() de-allocates storage associated with a field.

RETURN VALUES

The function, new_field(), dup_field(), link_field() return NULL on error.

The function free_field() returns one of the following:

E_OK 

The routine succeeded.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR 

System error occurred.

E_BAD_ARGUMENT 

Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

NOTES

The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file <curses.h>.

PORTABILITY

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 dup_field() being portable; the System V forms library documents are not very explicit on what gets copied and was not.

AUTHORS

Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.

AVAILABILITY

PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

SEE ALSO

Functions:
curses(), form()

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