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44 .Fn post_form "FORM *form"
46 .Fn unpost_form "FORM *form"
50 function performs the actions necessary to present the form on the
52 If there are any init functions that need to be called
53 then they will be called prior to the form being posted and the cursor
54 will be positioned on the first active field that can be visited.
55 Conversely, the function
57 removes the form from the screen and calls any termination functions
60 The functions will return one of the following error values:
62 .Bl -tag -width E_UNKNOWN_COMMAND -compact
64 The function was successful.
66 A bad argument was passed to the function.
68 The form is already posted to the screen.
70 The form was not posted to the screen.
71 .It Er E_NOT_CONNECTED
72 There are no fields associated with the form.
74 The function was called from within a init or term function.
82 automatically includes both