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  44 <STRONG><A HREF="form_post.3x.html">form_post(3x)</A></STRONG>                                             <STRONG><A HREF="form_post.3x.html">form_post(3x)</A></STRONG>
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  50 <H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
  51        <STRONG>form_post</STRONG>  -  write or erase forms from associated subwin-
  52        dows
  53
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  55 </PRE>
  56 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
  57        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>
  58        int post_form(FORM *form);
  59        int unpost_form(FORM *form);
  60
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  63 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
  64        The function <STRONG>post_form</STRONG> displays a form to  its  associated
  65        subwindow.   To trigger physical display of the subwindow,
  66        use  <STRONG>refresh</STRONG>  or  some  equivalent  <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  routine   (the
  67        implicit  <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG>  triggered  by  an <STRONG>curses</STRONG> input request
  68        will do).
  69
  70        The function <STRONG>unpost_form</STRONG> erases form from  its  associated
  71        subwindow.
  72
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  75 <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
  76        These routines return one of the following:
  77
  78        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
  79
  80        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
  81             Routine  detected  an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
  82             ment.
  83
  84        <STRONG>E_BAD_STATE</STRONG>
  85             Routine was called from an initialization or termina-
  86             tion function.
  87
  88        <STRONG>E_NOT_POSTED</STRONG>
  89             The form has not been posted.
  90
  91        <STRONG>E_NOT_CONNECTED</STRONG>
  92             No items are connected to the form.
  93
  94        <STRONG>E_NO_ROOM</STRONG>
  95             Form is too large for its window.
  96
  97        <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG>
  98             The form has already been posted.
  99
 100        <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
 101             System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
 102
 103
 104 </PRE>
 105 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
 106        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 107
 108
 109 </PRE>
 110 <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
 111        The header file <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
 112        file <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
 113
 114
 115 </PRE>
 116 <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
 117        These routines emulate the System V forms  library.   They
 118        were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
 119
 120
 121 </PRE>
 122 <H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
 123        Juergen  Pfeifer.   Manual  pages  and  adaptation for new
 124        curses by Eric S. Raymond.
 125
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 127
 128                                                           <STRONG><A HREF="form_post.3x.html">form_post(3x)</A></STRONG>
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