form_userptr() -- associate application data with a form item

SYNOPSIS

#include <form.h>

int set_form_userptr(FORM *form, const void *userptr);

const void* form_userptr(const FORM *form);

DESCRIPTION

Every form and every form item has a field that can be used to hold application-specific data (that is, the formdriver code leaves it alone). These functions get and set the form user pointer field.

RETURN VALUES

The function form_userptr() returns NULL on error. The function set_form_userptr() returns one of the following:

E_OK: The routine succeeded.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR: System error occurred.

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.

The user pointer should be a void pointer. We leave it as a char pointer for SVr4 compatibility.

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

form_userptr()
associate application data with a form item

Curses Function