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-.\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.8 2002/01/19 22:48:32 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.10 2006/11/04 17:14:31 tom Exp $
.TH form_field_info 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBform_field_info\fR - retrieve field characteristics
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.
-
+.PP
The function \fBdynamic_field_info\fR 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 \fBO_STATIC\fR).
+addressed by the third argument will be set to 0.
+A field can be made dynamic
+by turning off the \fBO_STATIC\fR option with \fBfield_opts_off\fR.
.SH RETURN VALUE
These routines return one of the following:
.TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
The routine succeeded.
.TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed