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