January 1, 2001 FORM_DATA 3

### NAME

form - form library

### LIBRARY

Curses Form Library (libform, -lform)

### SYNOPSIS

```int` data_ahead(```FORM *form`)
```int` data_behind(```FORM *form`)

### DESCRIPTION

If there is data offscreen to the right of the current field of the given form then data_ahead(``) will return ```TRUE`, otherwise ```FALSE` is returned. Similarly, if there is data offscreen to the left of the current field of the given form then data_behind(``) will return ```TRUE`.

### RETURN VALUES

If the condition is met then the functions will return ```TRUE`, if there is an error or there is no data offscreen the functions will return ```FALSE`.

### SEE ALSO

curses(3), forms(3)

### NOTES

The header <```form.h`> automatically includes both <```curses.h`> and <```eti.h`>.