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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
58.Dv NULL
59then
60.Fn field_count
61will return \-1.
62The function
63.Fn form_fields
64will return a pointer to array of attach fields for the given form,
65this array is not
66.Dv NULL
67terminated, fields may be attached to the given
68form by calling
69.Fn set_form_fields .
70The
71.Fa fields
72argument in this function is a pointer to a
73.Dv NULL
74terminated array of
75fields that will be attached to the form.
76If there are already fields attached to the form then they will be
77detached before the new fields are attached.
78The new fields given must not be attached to any other form.
79The
80.Fn move_field
81function will move the given field to the location specified by
82.Fa frow
83and
84.Fa fcol .
85.Sh RETURN VALUES
86Functions returning pointers will return
87.Dv NULL
88if an error is detected.
89The functions that return an int will return one of the following error
90values:
91.Pp
92.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
93.It Er E_OK
94The function was successful.
95.It Er E_CONNECTED
96The field is connected to a form.
97.It Er E_POSTED
98The form is currently posted to the screen.
99.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
100The function was passed a bad argument.
101.El
102.Sh SEE ALSO
103.Xr curses 3 ,
104.Xr forms 3
105.Sh NOTES
106The header
107.In form.h
108automatically includes both
109.In curses.h
110and
111.In eti.h .
112