Dhivya Arasappan/O/VCU wrote:
> Hi everyone,
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> I've been trying to put a button in my perl-cgi program which when 
> clicked calls a javascript function.
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> I need to send a previously initialized perl variable to the javascript 
> function as an argument. But, when I try to pass the parameter to the 
> jsp function, the function is not called properly.
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> Here's a snippet of my code:
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> $testvar = 'www.google.com';
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> print("<input type=button value = 'callsite'
> onclick='popwindow($testvar);'>");
> 

Looks like you need to add quotes to the window URL, like so:

$testvar = '"www.google.com"';

print("<input type=button value = 'callsite'
onclick='popwindow($testvar);'>");

- Eric

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> The jsp function is as follows:
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> function popwindow(v){
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>         newwindow=window.open(url,'test','height=400,width=200');
>         if(window.focus){newwindow.focus()}
> }
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> So, how do I pass a perl variable into a jsp function?
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> Any help would be appreciated.
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> thanks
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> dhivya arasappan
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