Javascripts in HTML header

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

I want to run a JavaScript function located in the header. According to the documentation in CGI.pm, start_html is a "Canned HTML header" which can contain the following parameters (I've left other parameters out):
# $title -> (optional) The title for this HTML document (-title)
# $script -> (option) Javascript code (-script)
# $head -> (optional) any other elements you'd like to incorporate into the <HEAD> tag (a scalar or array ref)
# @other -> (optional) any other named parameters you'd like to incorporate into the <BODY> tag.
Here is the JavaScript I want to run along with the perl script I've used:

print start_html (
-title=>'quiz',
-script=>{
-language=>'JAVASCRIPT',
<!--
function winopen(){
newwin=window.open("","","scrollbars")
if (document.all){
newwin.moveTo(0,0)
newwin.resizeTo(screen.width,screen.height)
}
}
//-->
}
-BGCOLOR=>'beige'
-onLoad=>'winopen()'
);
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The CGI.pm documentation is not clear on putting a function in the <HEAD> section. It says:
$head -> (optional) any other elements you'd like to incorporate into the <HEAD> tag (a scalar or array ref)
but it doesn't explain how to do this. I want a new window to open when the user loads this page. Can anyone provide some guidance and correct my script? Many Thanks.
Chris

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Re: Javascripts in HTML header by larsen (Parson) on Dec 27, 2001 at 18:31 UTC
You're not BooK to speak more than a language at the same time :)). You have to quote you Javascript to produce a correct header: `print start_html ( -title=>'quiz', -script=>{ -language=>'JAVASCRIPT', -code => qq\| <!-- function winopen() { newwin=window.open("","","scrollbars") if (document.all){ newwin.moveTo(0,0) newwin.resizeTo(screen.width,screen.height) } } //--> \| } -BGCOLOR=>'beige' -onLoad=>'winopen()' );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
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