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.Dd January 1, 2001
.Dt FORMS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm free_form ,
.Nm new_form
.Nd form library
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libform
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In form.h
.Ft int
.Fn free_form "FORM *form"
.Ft FORM *
.Fn new_form "FIELD **fields"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The function
.Fn free_form
frees all the resources associated with the form and destroys the
form.
Calling
.Fn new_form
will create a new form, set the form parameters to the current
defaults and attach the passed fields to the form.
The array of fields passed to
.Fn new_form
must be terminated with a
.Dv NULL
pointer to indicate the end of the fields.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Functions returning pointers will return
.Dv NULL
if an error is detected.
The functions that return an int will return one of the following error
values:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
.It Er E_OK
The function was successful.
.It Er E_BAD_ARGUMENT
The function was passed a bad argument.
.It Er E_POSTED
The form is posted to the screen.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr curses 3 ,
.Xr forms 3
.Sh NOTES
The header
.In form.h
automatically includes both
.In curses.h
and
.In eti.h .