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Copyright 1989 AT&T
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Copyright 1989 AT&T
Portions Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
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form_new 3CURSES "31 Dec 1996" "SunOS 5.11" "Curses Library Functions"
NAME
form_new, new_form, free_form - create and destroy forms
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lform -lcurses [ library... ] #include <form.h> FORM *new_form(FIELD **fields);
int free_form(FORM *form);
DESCRIPTION
new_form() creates a new form connected to the designated fields and returns a pointer to the form.
free_form() disconnects the form from its associated field pointer array and deallocates the space for the form.
RETURN VALUES
new_form() always returns NULL on error. free_form() returns one of the following:
E_OK
The function returned successfully.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT
An argument is incorrect.
E_POSTED
The form is posted.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| MT-Level | Unsafe |
SEE ALSO
curses(3CURSES), forms(3CURSES), attributes(5)
NOTES
The header <form.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.