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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 post_form ,
37*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nm unpost_form
38*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Nd form library
39*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh LIBRARY
40*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Lb libform
41*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh SYNOPSIS
42*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In form.h
43*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft int
44*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn post_form "FORM *form"
45*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Ft int
46*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn unpost_form "FORM *form"
47*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh DESCRIPTION
48*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe
49*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn post_form
50*a0e6850fSThomas Cortfunction performs the actions necessary to present the form on the
51*a0e6850fSThomas Cortcurses screen.
52*a0e6850fSThomas CortIf there are any init functions that need to be called
53*a0e6850fSThomas Cortthen they will be called prior to the form being posted and the cursor
54*a0e6850fSThomas Cortwill be positioned on the first active field that can be visited.
55*a0e6850fSThomas CortConversely, the function
56*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Fn unpost_form
57*a0e6850fSThomas Cortremoves the form from the screen and calls any termination functions
58*a0e6850fSThomas Cortthat were specified.
59*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh RETURN VALUES
60*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe functions will return one of the following error values:
61*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Pp
62*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
63*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_OK
64*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe function was successful.
65*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
66*a0e6850fSThomas CortA bad argument was passed to the function.
67*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_POSTED
68*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe form is already posted to the screen.
69*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_NOT_POSTED
70*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe form was not posted to the screen.
71*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
72*a0e6850fSThomas CortThere are no fields associated with the form.
73*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.It Er E_BAD_STATE
74*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe function was called from within a init or term function.
75*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.El
76*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh SEE ALSO
77*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Xr curses 3 ,
78*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Xr forms 3
79*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.Sh NOTES
80*a0e6850fSThomas CortThe header
81*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In form.h
82*a0e6850fSThomas Cortautomatically includes both
83*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In curses.h
84*a0e6850fSThomas Cortand
85*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.In eti.h .
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