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- <STRONG>form_field_info</STRONG> - retrieve field characteristics
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-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><form.h></STRONG>
- int field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols,
- int *frow, int *fcol, int *nrow, int *nbuf);
- int dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int
- *cols, *max);
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-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
- The function <STRONG>field_info</STRONG> returns the sizes and other
- attributes passed in to the field at its creation time.
- The attributes are: height, width, row of upper-left cor-
- ner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows,
- and number of working buffers.
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- The function <STRONG>dynamic_field_info</STRONG> 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 <STRONG>O_STATIC</STRONG>).
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-<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
- These routines return one of the following:
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- <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
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- <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
- System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
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- <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
- Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
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-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3X)</A></STRONG> and 3X pages whose names begin "form_" for
- detailed descriptions of the entry points.
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-<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
- The header file <STRONG><form.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header
- file <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>.
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-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- These routines emulate the System V forms library. They
- were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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-<H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
- Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
- curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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