new_field() creates a new field with r rows and c columns, starting at frow, fcol, in the subwindow of a form. nrow is the number of off-screen rows and nbuf is the number of additional working buffers. This routine returns a pointer to the new field.

dup_field() duplicates field at the specified location. All field attributes are duplicated, including the current contents of the field buffers.

link_field() also duplicates field at the specified location. However, unlike dup_field(), the new field shares the field buffers with the original field. After creation, the attributes of the new field can be changed without affecting the original field.

free_field() frees the storage allocated for field.

Routines that return pointers return NULL on error. free_field() returns one of the following:

E_OK

Thefunction returned successfully.

E_CONNECTED

The field is already connected to a form.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error.

E_BAD_ARGUMENT

An argument is incorrect.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

curses(3CURSES), forms(3CURSES), attributes(5)

The header <form.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.