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44<STRONG><A HREF="form_post.3x.html">form_post(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="form_post.3x.html">form_post(3x)</A></STRONG>
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50<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
51 <STRONG>form_post</STRONG> - write or erase forms from associated subwin-
52 dows
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56<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
57 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG>
58 int post_form(FORM *form);
59 int unpost_form(FORM *form);
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63<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
64 The function <STRONG>post_form</STRONG> displays a form to its associated
65 subwindow. To trigger physical display of the subwindow,
66 use <STRONG>refresh</STRONG> or some equivalent <STRONG>curses</STRONG> routine (the
67 implicit <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG> triggered by an <STRONG>curses</STRONG> input request
68 will do).
69
70 The function <STRONG>unpost_form</STRONG> erases form from its associated
71 subwindow.
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75<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
76 These routines return one of the following:
77
78 <STRONG>E_OK</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
79
80 <STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
81 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argu-
82 ment.
83
84 <STRONG>E_BAD_STATE</STRONG>
85 Routine was called from an initialization or termina-
86 tion function.
87
88 <STRONG>E_NOT_POSTED</STRONG>
89 The form has not been posted.
90
91 <STRONG>E_NOT_CONNECTED</STRONG>
92 No items are connected to the form.
93
94 <STRONG>E_NO_ROOM</STRONG>
95 Form is too large for its window.
96
97 <STRONG>E_POSTED</STRONG>
98 The form has already been posted.
99
100 <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
101 System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
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105<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
106 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="form.3x.html">form(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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110<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
111 The header file <STRONG>&lt;form.h&gt;</STRONG> automatically includes the header
112 file <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>.
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116<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
117 These routines emulate the System V forms library. They
118 were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
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122<H2>AUTHORS</H2><PRE>
123 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
124 curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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