NAME
dynamic_field_info,
field_info —
form library
LIBRARY
Curses Form Library (libform, -lform)
SYNOPSIS
#include <form.h>
int
dynamic_field_info(
FIELD
*field,
int *drows,
int *dcols,
int *max);
int
field_info(
FIELD
*field,
int *rows,
int *cols,
int *frow,
int *fcol,
int *nrow,
int *nbuf);
DESCRIPTION
The function
dynamic_field_info() returns the sizing
information for the field given. The function will return the number of rows,
columns and the maximum growth of the field in the storage pointed to by the
drows, dcols and max parameters respectively. Dynamic field information cannot
be requested for the default field. If the field given is not dynamic then
dynamic_field_info() will simply return the size of the
actual field. The
field_info() will return the number or
rows, columns, field starting row, field starting column, number of off screen
rows and number of buffers in
rows,
cols,
frow,
fcol,
nrow and
nbuf respectively.
RETURN VALUES
The functions will return one of the following error values:
E_OK
- The function was successful.
E_BAD_ARGUMENT
- A bad argument was passed to the function.
SEE ALSO
curses(3),
forms(3)
NOTES
The header
<form.h> automatically
includes both
<curses.h> and
<eti.h>.