DOC HOME SITE MAP MAN PAGES GNU INFO SEARCH PRINT BOOK
 
ETI forms

Some important form terminology

The following terms are helpful in working with ETI form functions:


field
an m x n block of form character positions that ETI functions can manipulate as a unit

active field
a field that is visited during form processing for data entry, change, selection, and so forth

inactive field
a field that is completely ignored during form processing, such as a title, field marker or other label

dynamic field
a field whose buffer grows beyond its original size if more data is entered into the field than the original buffer will hold.

form
a collection of one or more pages of fields

connecting fields to a form
associating an array of field pointers with a form

page
a logical subdivision of a form usually occupying one screen

posting a form
writing a form on its associated subwindow

unposting a form
erasing a form from its associated subwindow

freeing a form
deallocating the memory for a form and, as a by-product, disconnecting the previously associated array of field pointers from the form

freeing a field
deallocating the memory for a field

NULL
generic term for a null pointer cast to the type of the particular object (field, form, and so on)

Next topic: What a typical form application program does
Previous topic: Overview: writing form programs in ETI

© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 27 April 2004