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32.Dd January 1, 2001
33.Dt FORMS 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm field_count ,
37.Nm form_fields ,
38.Nm move_field ,
39.Nm set_form_fields
40.Nd form library
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libform
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In form.h
45.Ft int
46.Fn field_count "FORM *form"
47.Ft FIELD **
48.Fn form_fields "FORM *form"
49.Ft int
50.Fn move_field "FIELD *field" "int frow" "int fcol"
51.Ft int
52.Fn set_form_fields "FORM *form" " FIELD **fields"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Fn field_count
56function returns the number of fields that are attached to the given
57form, if the form argument passed is NULL then
58.Fn field_count
59will return -1.
60The function
61.Fn form_fields
62will return a pointer to array of attach fields for the given form,
63this array is not NULL terminated, fields may be attached to the given
64form by calling
65.Fn set_form_fields .
66The
67.Fa fields
68argument in this function is a pointer to a NULL terminated array of
69fields that will be attached to the form.
70If there are already fields attached to the form then they will be
71detached before the new fields are attached.
72The new fields given must not be attached to any other form.
73The
74.Fn move_field
75function will move the given field to the location specified by
76.Fa frow
77and
78.Fa fcol .
79.Sh RETURN VALUES
80Functions returning pointers will return NULL if an error is detected.
81The functions that return an int will return one of the following error
82values:
83.Pp
84.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
85.It Er E_OK
86The function was successful.
87.It Er E_CONNECTED
88The field is connected to a form.
89.It Er E_POSTED
90The form is currently posted to the screen.
91.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
92The function was passed a bad argument.
93.El
94.Sh SEE ALSO
95.Xr curses 3 ,
96.Xr forms 3
97.Sh NOTES
98The header
99.Pa \*[Lt]form.h\*[Gt]
100automatically includes both
101.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
102and
103.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .
104