form_field_info(3CURSES) Curses Library Functions form_field_info(3CURSES)NAME
form_field_info, field_info, dynamic_field_info - get forms field char‐
acteristics
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lform -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <form.h>
int field_info(FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols, int *frow, int
*fcol, int *nrow, int *nbuf);
int dynamic_field_info(FIELD *field, int *drows, int *dcols, int *max);
DESCRIPTIONfield_info() returns the size, position, and other named field charac‐
teristics, as defined in the original call to new_field(), to the loca‐
tions pointed to by the arguments rows, cols, frow, fcol, nrow, and
nbuf.
dynamic_field_info() returns the actual size of the field in the
pointer arguments drows, dcols and returns the maximum growth allowed
for field in max. If no maximum growth limit is specified for field,
max will contain 0. A field can be made dynamic by turning off the
field option O_STATIC.
RETURN VALUES
These routines return one of the following:
E_OK The function returned successfully.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT An argument is incorrect.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │Unsafe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOcurses(3CURSES), forms(3CURSES), attributes(5)NOTES
The header <form.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and
<curses.h>.
SunOS 5.10 31 Dec 1996 form_field_info(3CURSES)
