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  43 <H1 class="no-header">form_new 3x</H1>
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  45 <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 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
  51        <STRONG>new_form</STRONG>, <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> - create and destroy forms
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  54 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
  55        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>
  56
  57        <STRONG>FORM</STRONG> <STRONG>*new_form(FIELD</STRONG> <STRONG>**</STRONG><EM>fields</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
  58        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>free_form(FORM</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>form</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
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  61 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
  62        The function <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> creates a new form connected to a specified field
  63        pointer array (which must be <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>-terminated).
  64
  65        The function <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> disconnects <EM>form</EM> from its field array and  frees
  66        the storage allocated for the form.
  67
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  69 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
  70        The  function  <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.  It sets <STRONG>errno</STRONG> according
  71        to the function's success:
  72
  73        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
  74
  75        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
  76             Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
  77
  78        <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
  79             The field is already connected to a form.
  80
  81        <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
  82             System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
  83
  84        The function <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> returns one of the following:
  85
  86        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
  87
  88        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
  89             Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
  90
  91        <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG>
  92             The form has already been posted.
  93
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  95 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
  96        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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  99 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
 100        The  header  file  <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>  automatically  includes  the  header  file
 101        <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
 102
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 104 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
 105        These  routines  emulate  the  System  V  forms library.  They were not
 106        supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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 109 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
 110        Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S.
 111        Raymond.
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