'\" t.\"***************************************************************************.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.         *.\"                                                                          *.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *.\"                                                                          *.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  *.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *.\"                                                                          *.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  *.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *.\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR    *.\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR    *.\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                               *.\"                                                                          *.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *.\" authorization.                                                           *.\"***************************************************************************.\".\" $Id: form_field_info.3x,v 1.8 2002/01/19 22:48:32 tom Exp $.TH form_field_info 3X "".SH NAME\fBform_field_info\fR - retrieve field characteristics.SH SYNOPSIS\fB#include <form.h>\fR.brint field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols,              int *frow, int *fcol, int *nrow, int *nbuf);.brint dynamic_field_info(const FIELD *field, int *rows, int *cols, int *max);.br.SH DESCRIPTIONThe function \fBfield_info\fR returns the sizes and other attributes passed into the field at its creation time.  The attributes are: height, width, row ofupper-left corner, column of upper-left corner, number off-screen rows, andnumber of working buffers.The function \fBdynamic_field_info\fR returns the actual size of the field, andits maximum possible size.  If the field has no size limit, the locationaddressed by the third argument will be set to 0.  (A field can be made dynamicby turning off the \fBO_STATIC\fR)..SH RETURN VALUEThese routines return one of the following:.TP 5\fBE_OK\fRThe routine succeeded..TP 5\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fRSystem error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR)..TP 5\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fRRoutine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument..SH SEE ALSO\fBcurses\fR(3X) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detaileddescriptions of the entry points..SH NOTESThe header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file\fB<curses.h>\fR..SH PORTABILITYThese routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not supported onVersion 7 or BSD versions..PPA null (zero pointer) is accepted for any of the return values,to ignore that value.Not all implementations allow this, e.g., Solaris 2.7 does not..SH AUTHORSJuergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by EricS. Raymond..\"#.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS.\"# Local Variables:.\"# mode:nroff.\"# fill-column:79.\"# End: