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43 <H1 class="no-header">form_cursor 3x</H1>
45 <STRONG><A HREF="form_cursor.3x.html">form_cursor(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="form_cursor.3x.html">form_cursor(3x)</A></STRONG>
50 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
51 <STRONG>pos_form_cursor</STRONG> - position a form window cursor
54 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
55 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><form.h></STRONG>
57 <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>pos_form_cursor(FORM</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>form</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
60 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
61 The function <STRONG>pos_form_cursor</STRONG> restores the cursor to the position
62 required for the forms driver to continue processing requests. This is
63 useful after <STRONG>curses</STRONG> routines have been called to do screen-painting in
64 response to a form operation.
67 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
68 This routine returns one of the following:
70 <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
72 <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
73 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
75 <STRONG>E_NOT_POSTED</STRONG>
76 The form has not been posted.
78 <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
79 System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno(3)</STRONG>).
82 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
83 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>.
86 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
87 The header file <STRONG><form.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header file
88 <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>.
91 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
92 These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not
93 supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
96 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
97 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S.
102 <STRONG><A HREF="form_cursor.3x.html">form_cursor(3x)</A></STRONG>
106 <li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
107 <li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
108 <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
109 <li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
110 <li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
111 <li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
112 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
113 <li><a href="#h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></li>