netbsd man page for field_type

FORMS(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						  FORMS(3)

NAME
     field_arg, field_type, set_field_type -- form library

LIBRARY
     Curses Form Library (libform, -lform)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <form.h>

     char *
     field_arg(FIELD *field);

     FIELDTYPE *
     field_type(FIELD *field);

     int
     set_field_type(FIELD *field, FIELDTYPE *type, ...);

DESCRIPTION
     The field_arg() function returns the field type arguments that are associated with the given field.  The field_type() function returns the
     field type structure associated with the given field, this type can be set by calling the set_field_type() function which associates the
     given field type with the field, the third and subsequent parameters are field dependent arguments.

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.

SEE ALSO
     curses(3), forms(3)

NOTES
     The header <form.h> automatically includes both <curses.h> and <eti.h>.

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								  January 1, 2001							       BSD