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.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
.TH form_post 3CURSES "31 Dec 1996" "SunOS 5.11" "Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
form_post, post_form, unpost_form \- write or erase forms from associated subwindows
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lform\fR \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <form.h>



\fBint\fR \fBpost_form\fR(\fBFORM *\fR\fIform\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBunpost_form\fR(\fBFORM *\fR\fIform\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBpost_form()\fR writes \fIform\fR into its associated subwindow. The application programmer must use \fBcurses\fR library routines  to display the form on the physical screen or call \fBupdate_panels()\fR if the \fBpanels\fR library is being used.
.sp
.LP
\fBunpost_form()\fR erases \fIform\fR from its associated subwindow.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
These routines return one of the following: 
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_OK\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
The function returned successfully.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
System error.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
An argument is incorrect.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_POSTED\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
The form is posted.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_NOT_POSTED\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
The form is not posted.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_NO_ROOM\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
The form does not fit in the subwindow.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_BAD_STATE\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
The routine was called from an	initialization or termination function.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fBE_NOT_CONNECTED \fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
The field is not connected to a form.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: 
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBcurses\fR(3CURSES), \fBforms\fR(3CURSES), \fBpanel_update\fR(3CURSES), \fBpanels\fR(3CURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The header \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the headers  \fB<eti.h>\fR and \fB<curses.h>\fR\&.