# check if the 'Generate Report' button is clicked
# if so, then set $generate_report to true.

if ($generate_report) {
  # kick off background processing
  `C:\\Perl\\bin\\perl.exe generate_report.pl &`;

  # print some feedback text back to user
  print $cgi->header,
        $cgi->start_html,
        "The generate_report.pl script has started in background",
        $cgi->end_html;
}