Problem writing french accents to a word file using CGI::Application

vsdeepthi has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I have the below code when run as a perl script works fine generating a word document with proper french accents. Perl Script ===========

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use XYZ;

my $x = new XYZ();
$x->gen_pb();
1;
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And the module XYZ has code like below:

package XYZ;
sub gen_pb {
$template->process("$dir/$input",$vars, \$content, {binmode => ':encod
+ing(utf8)'} )                        || return "Template Error: " . $
+template->error();
                                
                            unlink($doc_file) if(-e $doc_file);
                        open(FHPB,">$doc_file");
                        
binmode( FHPB, ":encoding(UTF-8)" );
                        
print FHPB $content;
                        
close FHPB;
}
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But the same module when called from a CGI generates the word document but without the french accents. Perl CGI Program

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use CGI::Application;
use XYZ;

....
my $x = new XYZ();
$x->gen_pb();
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Re: Problem writing french accents to a word file using CGI::Application by CountZero (Bishop) on Apr 04, 2015 at 20:18 UTC
But the same module when called from a CGI generates the word document but without the french accents So what do you get instead of the "French accents"? CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]
Re^2: Problem writing french accents to a word file using CGI::Application by Anonymous Monk on Apr 07, 2015 at 12:27 UTC
I get text without annotations. For example ê is shown as e.	[reply]
Re^3: Problem writing french accents to a word file using CGI::Application by CountZero (Bishop) on Apr 07, 2015 at 15:31 UTC
That is very strange. I have never heard of the accents simply disappearing but leaving the basic character in place. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]
Re: Problem writing french accents to a word file using CGI::Application by Anonymous Monk on Apr 05, 2015 at 01:46 UTC
Why aren't you error checking?	[reply]