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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+* Module m_item_top                                                        *
+* Set and get top menus item                                               *
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "menu.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: m_item_top.c,v 1.10 2004/12/11 23:29:34 tom Exp $")
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  int set_top_row(MENU *menu, int row)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Makes the specified row the top row in the menu
+|
+|   Return Values :  E_OK             - success
+|                    E_BAD_ARGUMENT   - not a menu pointer or invalid row
+|                    E_NOT_CONNECTED  - there are no items for the menu
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+set_top_row(MENU * menu, int row)
+{
+  ITEM *item;
+
+  T((T_CALLED("set_top_row(%p,%d)"), menu, row));
+
+  if (menu)
+    {
+      if (menu->status & _IN_DRIVER)
+	RETURN(E_BAD_STATE);
+      if (menu->items == (ITEM **) 0)
+	RETURN(E_NOT_CONNECTED);
+
+      if ((row < 0) || (row > (menu->rows - menu->arows)))
+	RETURN(E_BAD_ARGUMENT);
+    }
+  else
+    RETURN(E_BAD_ARGUMENT);
+
+  if (row != menu->toprow)
+    {
+      if (menu->status & _LINK_NEEDED)
+	_nc_Link_Items(menu);
+
+      item = menu->items[(menu->opt & O_ROWMAJOR) ? (row * menu->cols) : row];
+      assert(menu->pattern);
+      Reset_Pattern(menu);
+      _nc_New_TopRow_and_CurrentItem(menu, row, item);
+    }
+
+  RETURN(E_OK);
+}
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  int top_row(const MENU *)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Return the top row of the menu
+|
+|   Return Values :  The row number or ERR if there is no row
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+top_row(const MENU * menu)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("top_row(%p)"), menu));
+  if (menu && menu->items && *(menu->items))
+    {
+      assert((menu->toprow >= 0) && (menu->toprow < menu->rows));
+      returnCode(menu->toprow);
+    }
+  else
+    returnCode(ERR);
+}
+
+/* m_item_top.c ends here */