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32*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Dd January 1, 2001
33*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Dt FORMS 3
34*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Os
35*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh NAME
36*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm dup_field ,
37*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm free_field ,
38*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm link_field ,
39*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm new_field
40*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nd form library
41*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh LIBRARY
42*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Lb libform
43*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh SYNOPSIS
44*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In form.h
45*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft FIELD *
46*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn dup_field "FIELD *field" "int frow" "int fcol"
47*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft int
48*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn free_field "FIELD *field"
49*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft FIELD *
50*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn link_field "FIELD *field" "int frow" "int fcol"
51*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft FIELD *
52*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fo new_field
53*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa "int rows"
54*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa "int cols"
55*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa "int frow"
56*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa "int fcol"
57*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa "int nrows"
58*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa "int nbuf"
59*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fc
60*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh DESCRIPTION
61*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe
62*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn dup_field
63*a0e6850fSThomas Cortfunction duplicates the given field, including any buffers associated
64*a0e6850fSThomas Cortwith the field and returns the pointer to the newly created field.
65*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn free_field
66*a0e6850fSThomas Cortdestroys the field and frees any allocated resources associated with
67*a0e6850fSThomas Cortthe field.
68*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe function
69*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn link_field
70*a0e6850fSThomas Cortcopies the given field to a new field at the location
71*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa frow
72*a0e6850fSThomas Cortand
73*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa fcol
74*a0e6850fSThomas Cortbut shares the buffers with the original field.
75*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn new_field
76*a0e6850fSThomas Cortcreates a new field of size
77*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa rows
78*a0e6850fSThomas Cortby
79*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa cols
80*a0e6850fSThomas Cortat location
81*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa frow ,
82*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa fcol
83*a0e6850fSThomas Corton the page, the argument
84*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa nrows
85*a0e6850fSThomas Cortspecified the number of off screen rows the field has and the
86*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fa nbuf
87*a0e6850fSThomas Cortparameter specifies the number of extra buffers attached to the
88*a0e6850fSThomas Cortfield.
89*a0e6850fSThomas CortThere will always be one buffer associated with a field.
90*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh RETURN VALUES
91*a0e6850fSThomas CortOn error
92*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn dup_field
93*a0e6850fSThomas Cortand
94*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn new_field
95*a0e6850fSThomas Cortwill return
96*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Dv NULL .
97*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe functions will one of the following error
98*a0e6850fSThomas Cortvalues:
99*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Pp
100*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
101*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_OK
102*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe function was successful.
103*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
104*a0e6850fSThomas CortA bad argument was passed to the function.
105*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_CONNECTED
106*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe field is connected to a form.
107*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.El
108*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh SEE ALSO
109*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Xr curses 3 ,
110*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Xr forms 3
111*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh NOTES
112*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe header
113*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In form.h
114*a0e6850fSThomas Cortautomatically includes both
115*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In curses.h
116*a0e6850fSThomas Cortand
117*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In eti.h .
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