form_field_buffer(3)
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NAME
field_buffer, field_status, set_field_buffer, set_field_printf,
set_field_status, set_max_field -- form library
LIBRARY
Curses Form Library (libform, -lform)
SYNOPSIS
#include <form.h>
char *
field_buffer(FIELD *field, int buffer);
int
field_status(FIELD *field);
int
set_field_buffer(FIELD *field, int buffer, char *value);
int
set_field_printf(FIELD *field, int buffer, char *fmt, ...);
int
set_field_status(FIELD *field, int status);
int
set_max_field(FIELD *field, int max);
DESCRIPTION
The field_buffer() function returns the contents of the buffer number
specified by buffer for the given field. If the requested buffer number
exceeds the number of buffers attached to the field then NULL will be
returned. If the field option O_REFORMAT is enabled on the given field
then storage will be allocated to hold the reformatted buffer. This
storage must be release by calling free(3) when it is no longer required.
If the O_REFORMAT field option is not set then no extra storage is allo-
cated. The field buffer may be set by calling set_field_buffer() which
will set the given buffer number to the contents of the string passed. A
buffer may also be set by calling set_field_printf() which sets the
buffer using the format arg fmt after being expanded using the subsequent
arguments in the same manner as sprintf(3) does. Calling field_status()
will return the status of the first buffer attached to the field. If the
field has been modified then the function will return TRUE otherwise
FALSE is returned, the status of the first buffer may be programmatically
set by calling set_field_status(). The maximum growth of a dynamic field
can be set by calling set_max_field() which limits the fields rows if the
field is a multiline field or the fields columns if the field only has a
single row.
RETURN VALUES
Functions returning pointers will return NULL if an error is detected.
The functions that return an int will return one of the following error
values:
E_OK The function was successful.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT A bad parameter was passed to the function.
E_SYSTEM_ERROR A system error occurred performing the function.
SEE ALSO
curses(3), forms(3)
NOTES
The header <form.h> automatically includes both <curses.h> and <eti.h>.
The function set_field_printf() is a NetBSD extension and must not be
used in portable code.
NetBSD 7.1_STABLE October 15, 2005 NetBSD 7.1_STABLE
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