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40 <H1>form_new 3x</H1>
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44 <STRONG><A HREF="form_new.3x.html">form_new(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="form_new.3x.html">form_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
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50 <H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
51 <STRONG>form_new</STRONG> - create and destroy forms
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55 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
56 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>
57 FORM *new_form(FIELD **fields);
58 int free_form(FORM *form);
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62 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
63 The function <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> creates a new form connected to a
64 specified field pointer array (which must be <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>-termi-
65 nated).
67 The function <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> disconnects <EM>form</EM> from its field
68 array and frees the storage allocated for the form.
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72 <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
73 The function <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. It sets
74 errno according to the function's success:
76 <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
78 <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
79 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
80 ment.
82 <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
83 The field is already connected to a form.
85 <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
86 System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
88 The function <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> returns one of the following:
90 <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
92 <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
93 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
94 ment.
96 <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG>
97 The form has already been posted.
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101 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
102 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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106 <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
107 The header file <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
108 file <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
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112 <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
113 These routines emulate the System V forms library. They
114 were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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118 <H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
119 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
120 curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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