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-</PRE>
-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>form_new</STRONG> - create and destroy forms
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>new_form</STRONG>, <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> - create and destroy forms
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><form.h></STRONG>
FORM *new_form(FIELD **fields);
int free_form(FORM *form);
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The function <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> creates a new form connected to a
specified field pointer array (which must be <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>-termi-
nated).
array and frees the storage allocated for the form.
-</PRE>
-<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
- The function <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
-
- The function <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> returns one of the following:
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
+ The function <STRONG>new_form</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. It sets
+ errno according to the function's success:
<STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
+ <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
+ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
+ ment.
+
+ <STRONG>E_CONNECTED</STRONG>
+ The field is already connected to a form.
+
<STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
- System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
+ System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+
+ The function <STRONG>free_form</STRONG> returns one of the following:
+
+ <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
The form has already been posted.
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-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
The header file <STRONG><form.h></STRONG> automatically includes the header
file <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
These routines emulate the System V forms library. They
were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
-</PRE>
-<H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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