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.\" $NetBSD: form_new.3,v 1.4 2002/02/20 11:30:59 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001
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.\" Brett Lymn - blymn@baea.com.au, brett_lymn@yahoo.com.au
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.Dd January 1, 2001
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.Dt FORMS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm free_form ,
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.Nm new_form
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.Nd form library
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libform
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include \*[Lt]form.h\*[Gt]
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.Ft int
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.Fn free_form "FORM *form"
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.Ft FORM *
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.Fn new_form "FIELD **fields"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The function
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.Fn free_form
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frees all the resources associated with the form and destroys the
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form. Calling
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.Fn new_form
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will create a new form, set the form parameters to the current
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defaults and attach the passed fields to the form. The array of
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fields passed to
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.Fn new_form
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must be terminated with a NULL pointer to indicate the end of the
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fields.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Functions returning pointers will return NULL if an error is detected.
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The functions that return an int will return one of the following error
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values:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
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.It Er E_OK
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The function was successful.
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.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
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The function was passed a bad argument.
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.It Er E_POSTED
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The form is posted to the screen.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr curses 3 ,
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.Xr forms 3
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.Sh NOTES
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The header
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.Pa \*[Lt]form.h\*[Gt]
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automatically includes both
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.Pa \*[Lt]curses.h\*[Gt]
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and
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.Pa \*[Lt]eti.h\*[Gt] .
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