NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | SEE ALSO | NOTES | PORTABILITY | AUTHORS | COLOPHON

form_field_info(3X)                                      form_field_info(3X)

NAME         top

       dynamic_field_info, field_info - retrieve field characteristics

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <form.h>
       int field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols,
                     int *frow, int *fcol, int *nrow, int *nbuf);
       int dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols, int
       *max);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The function field_info returns the sizes and other attributes passed
       in to the field at its creation time.  The attributes are: height,
       width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number
       off-screen rows, and number of working buffers.
       The function dynamic_field_info returns the actual size of the field,
       and its maximum possible size.  If the field has no size limit, the
       location addressed by the third argument will be set to 0.  A field
       can be made dynamic by turning off the O_STATIC option with
       field_opts_off.

RETURN VALUE         top

       These routines return one of the following:
       E_OK The routine succeeded.
       E_SYSTEM_ERROR
            System error occurred (see errno).
       E_BAD_ARGUMENT
            Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.

SEE ALSO         top

       curses(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
       descriptions of the entry points.

NOTES         top

       The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file
       <curses.h>.

PORTABILITY         top

       These routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not
       supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
       A null (zero pointer) is accepted for any of the return values, to
       ignore that value.  Not all implementations allow this, e.g., Solaris
       2.7 does not.

AUTHORS         top

       Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
       S. Raymond.

COLOPHON         top

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