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51 <STRONG>form_new
</STRONG> - create and destroy forms
55 <H2>SYNOPSIS
</H2><PRE>
56 <STRONG>#include
</STRONG> <STRONG><form.h
></STRONG>
57 FORM *new_form(FIELD **fields);
58 int free_form(FORM *form);
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-
67 The function
<STRONG>free_form
</STRONG> disconnects
<EM>form
</EM> from its field
68 array and frees the storage allocated for the form.
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-
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-
96 <STRONG>E_POSTED
</STRONG>
97 The form has already been posted.
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>.
107 The header file
<STRONG><form.h
></STRONG> automatically includes the header
108 file
<STRONG><curses.h
></STRONG>.
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.
118 <H2>AUTHORS
</H2><PRE>
119 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
120 curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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