1*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" $NetBSD: form_post.3,v 1.10 2010/03/22 21:58:31 joerg Exp $ 2*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 3*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" Copyright (c) 2001 4*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" Brett Lymn - blymn@baea.com.au, brett_lymn@yahoo.com.au 5*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 6*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" This code is donated to The NetBSD Foundation by the author. 7*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 8*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 9*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 10*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" are met: 11*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 12*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 13*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 14*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 15*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 16*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 3. The name of the Author may not be used to endorse or promote 17*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 18*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" permission. 19*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 20*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND 21*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 23*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE 24*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31*a0e6850fSThomas Cort.\" 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 . 86