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  44 <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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  49 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
  50        <STRONG>new_form</STRONG>, <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> - create and destroy forms
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  53 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
  54        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>
  55        FORM *new_form(FIELD **fields);
  56        int free_form(FORM *form);
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  59 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
  60        The function <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> creates a new form connected to a specified field
  61        pointer array (which must be <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>-terminated).
  62
  63        The function <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> disconnects <EM>form</EM> from its field array and  frees
  64        the storage allocated for the form.
  65
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  67 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
  68        The  function  <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.  It sets errno according
  69        to the function's success:
  70
  71        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
  72
  73        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
  74             Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
  75
  76        <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
  77             The field is already connected to a form.
  78
  79        <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
  80             System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
  81
  82        The function <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> returns one of the following:
  83
  84        <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
  85
  86        <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
  87             Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
  88
  89        <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG>
  90             The form has already been posted.
  91
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  93 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
  94        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>.
  95
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  97 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
  98        The  header  file  <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>  automatically  includes  the  header  file
  99        <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
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 102 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
 103        These  routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not sup-
 104        ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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 107 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
 108        Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S.
 109        Raymond.
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