RE: CGI.pm module

[Mcclelland, Keith]

Title: CGI.pm module

Hi William.

 

It sounds like you need some sort of template based solution.

HTML::Template is one such implementation.  More information

can be found at:

 

http://velocity.activestate.com/docs/ActivePerl/site/lib/HTML/Template.html

 

(I know this is a 'look at this or that module' answer, sorry

if it doesn't help.  I use a similar, home grown, solution at

work.  If I had known more about things when I started I might

not have rolled my own.)

 

-Keith

 

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 8:45 AM
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Subject: CGI.pm module

Given the following simple "read file" code...

# Read file
$s=$/;
undef $/;
open(FILE, "$nt_dir\\$formfile");
$file=new CGI(FILE);
close(FILE);
$/=$s;

Now, how do I just peruse through all of the HTML tags (like <input type="text" name="username" value="jsmith">)? I want to change value="", selected, checked, etc., to the values passed from a previous submit.

I've looked at the docs for CGI.pm, CGI::Pretty, HTML::Form, HTML::Parser, HTML::FillInForm, HTML::TokeParser, with nothing to show for it. I'm kinda frustrated.  So far, the only suggestions have been "look at this or that module."

I can do it using clever regexp substitutions, but I'd prefer a more elegant solution.

TIA.
-WM   <><