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  44 <STRONG><A HREF="form_new.3x.html">form_new(3x)</A></STRONG>                                               <STRONG><A HREF="form_new.3x.html">form_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
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  50 <H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
  51        <STRONG>form_new</STRONG> - create and destroy forms
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  54 </PRE>
  55 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
  56        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>
  57        FORM *new_form(FIELD **fields);
  58        int free_form(FORM *form);
  59
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  62 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
  63        The  function  <STRONG>new_form</STRONG>  creates a new form connected to a
  64        specified field pointer array (which must  be  <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>-termi-
  65        nated).
  66
  67        The  function  <STRONG>free_form</STRONG>  disconnects  <EM>form</EM> from its field
  68        array and frees the storage allocated for the form.
  69
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  72 <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
  73        The function <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> returns  <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>  on  error.   It  sets
  74        errno according to the function's success:
  75
  76        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
  77
  78        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
  79             Routine  detected  an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
  80             ment.
  81
  82        <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
  83             The field is already connected to a form.
  84
  85        <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
  86             System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
  87
  88        The function <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> returns one of the following:
  89
  90        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
  91
  92        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
  93             Routine detected an incorrect or  out-of-range  argu-
  94             ment.
  95
  96        <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG>
  97             The form has already been posted.
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 101 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
 102        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 103
 104
 105 </PRE>
 106 <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
 107        The header file <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
 108        file <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
 109
 110
 111 </PRE>
 112 <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
 113        These routines emulate the System V forms  library.   They
 114        were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
 115
 116
 117 </PRE>
 118 <H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
 119        Juergen  Pfeifer.   Manual  pages  and  adaptation for new
 120        curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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 123
 124                                                            <STRONG><A HREF="form_new.3x.html">form_new(3x)</A></STRONG>
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