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box Subroutine
Purpose
Draws borders from single-byte characters and renditions.
Library
Curses Library (libcurses.a)
Syntax
#include <curses.h>
int box(WINDOW *win,
chtype verch,
chtype horch);
Description
The box subroutine draws a border around the edges of the specified window. This subroutine does not advance the cursor position. This subroutine does not perform special character processing or perform wrapping.
The box subroutine (*win, verch, horch) has an effect equivalent to:
wborder(win, verch, verch, horch, horch, 0, 0, 0, 0);
Parameters
horch Specifies the character to draw the horizontal lines of the box. The character must be a 1-column character.
verch Specifies the character to draw the vertical lines of the box. The character must be a 1-column character.
*win Specifies the window to draw the box in or around.
Return Values
Upon successful completion, the box function returns OK. Otherwise, it returns ERR.
Examples
To draw a box around the user-defined window, my_window , using | (pipe) as the vertical character and - (minus sign) as the horizontal character, enter:
WINDOW *my_window;
box(my_window, '|', '-');
To draw a box around my_window using the default characters ACS_VLINE and ACS_HLINE, enter:
WINDOW *my_window;
box(my_window, 0, 0);
Implementation Specifics
This subroutine is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.
Related Information
The border, box_set, and hline subroutines.
...take a look at...
http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/aix/aix...ogc/curses.htm
...for a good on-line reference. I would recommend purchasing
the O'Reilly book, "Programming with curses"...
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/curses/
Enjoy.
11-02-2001
