On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Charlene Gentle wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. I have a perl script that does things but I
> need to make it work on a html form.
What "things" does your script do?
Did you write it, or are you hoping that we will write it?
Did you look at the documentation I referred you to?
It has plenty of examples that do exactly what you ask.
> 1. User enters a word
> 2. Word gets sent to the perl script
> 3. Perl script gets an answer
> 4. Perl returns answer to html
> 5. Html display answer under the typed in word (on the same page)
So...
1. You give an html form, either as plain html or as something
that is generated by a script.
a. This form has a field for a word.
b. This form has an ACTION element pointing to your script.
2. The user submits your form (& with it the word) to the script.
3. The script reads the input (CGI.pm makes this pretty easy).
4. The script uses the input to prepare a response *as* HTML.
(This may be a subtle point -- you don't send the data to a
html document, you produce html formatted text.
5. The script prints the results back to the client (browser).
6. The client receives the results and displays the result.
As I say, the online book I referred you to earlier explains all of this
in some detail, including plenty of examples and sample code. Please
look over this and other documentation and give it a try yourself.
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Chris Devers
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