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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "form.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: fld_dup.c,v 1.12 2007/10/13 19:30:21 tom Exp $")
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnform
+|   Function      :  FIELD *dup_field(FIELD *field, int frow, int fcol)
+|
+|   Description   :  Duplicates the field at the specified position. All
+|                    field attributes and the buffers are copied.
+|                    If an error occurs, errno is set to
+|
+|                    E_BAD_ARGUMENT - invalid argument
+|                    E_SYSTEM_ERROR - system error
+|
+|   Return Values :  Pointer to the new field or NULL if failure
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(FIELD *)
+dup_field(FIELD *field, int frow, int fcol)
+{
+  FIELD *New_Field = (FIELD *)0;
+  int err = E_BAD_ARGUMENT;
+
+  T((T_CALLED("dup_field(%p,%d,%d)"), field, frow, fcol));
+  if (field && (frow >= 0) && (fcol >= 0) &&
+      ((err = E_SYSTEM_ERROR) != 0) &&	/* trick : this resets the default error */
+      (New_Field = typeMalloc(FIELD, 1)))
+    {
+      T((T_CREATE("field %p"), New_Field));
+      *New_Field = *_nc_Default_Field;
+      New_Field->frow = frow;
+      New_Field->fcol = fcol;
+      New_Field->link = New_Field;
+      New_Field->rows = field->rows;
+      New_Field->cols = field->cols;
+      New_Field->nrow = field->nrow;
+      New_Field->drows = field->drows;
+      New_Field->dcols = field->dcols;
+      New_Field->maxgrow = field->maxgrow;
+      New_Field->nbuf = field->nbuf;
+      New_Field->just = field->just;
+      New_Field->fore = field->fore;
+      New_Field->back = field->back;
+      New_Field->pad = field->pad;
+      New_Field->opts = field->opts;
+      New_Field->usrptr = field->usrptr;
+
+      if (_nc_Copy_Type(New_Field, field))
+	{
+	  size_t i, len;
+
+	  len = Total_Buffer_Size(New_Field);
+	  if ((New_Field->buf = (FIELD_CELL *)malloc(len)))
+	    {
+	      for (i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+		New_Field->buf[i] = field->buf[i];
+	      returnField(New_Field);
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (New_Field)
+    free_field(New_Field);
+
+  SET_ERROR(err);
+  returnField((FIELD *)0);
+}
+
+/* fld_dup.c ends here */