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$Id: form_field_userptr.3x,v 1.30 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
form_field_userptr 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
NAME
set_field_userptr, field_userptr - associate application data with a form field
SYNOPSIS
#include <form.h>

int set_field_userptr(FIELD *field, void *userptr); void *field_userptr(const FIELD *field);

DESCRIPTION
Every form field has a field that can be used to hold application-specific data (that is, the form-driver code leaves it alone). These functions get and set that field.
RETURN VALUE
The function field_userptr returns a pointer (which may be NULL). It does not set errno.

The function set_field_userptr returns E_OK (success).

PORTABILITY
These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

The user pointer is a void pointer. We chose not to leave it as a char pointer for SVr4 compatibility.

AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.
SEE ALSO
\%curses(3X), \%form(3X)