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menu_format 3CURSES "31 Dec 1996" "SunOS 5.11" "Curses Library Functions"
NAME
menu_format, set_menu_format - set and get maximum numbers of rows and columns in menus
SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu  -lcurses  [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>

int set_menu_format(MENU *menu, int rows, int cols);

void menu_format(MENU *menu, int *rows, int *cols);
DESCRIPTION

set_menu_format() sets the maximum number of rows and columns of items that may be displayed at one time on a menu. If the menu contains more items than can be displayed at once, the menu will be scrollable.

menu_format() returns the maximum number of rows and columns that may be displayed at one time on menu. rows and cols are pointers to the variables used to return these values.

RETURN VALUES

set_menu_format() returns one of the following:

E_OK

The routine returned successfully.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error.

E_BAD_ARGUMENT

An incorrect argument was passed to the routine.

E_POSTED

The menu is already posted.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelUnsafe
SEE ALSO

curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)

NOTES

The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.