You're not creating a new browser window from the CGI script. You're creating a new window based on the user pressing a button in the current browser window. What you need to do is place that button inside a form that has the second script as its action and target set to '_new' (or an unused window name). Something like this in the page generated by Maintain.cgi:

<form action="filetran.cgi" target="_new">
 <input type="submit" value="Start Filetran">
</form>
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<form action="filetran.cgi" target="_new">
 <input type="hidden" value="my_hostname_string">
 <input type="submit" value="Start Filetran">
</form>
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Hi,

Brilliant, thanx a lot!!

...eh...but, now i got my Maintain.cgi explorerwindow holding 3 frames (coloums).
1-my filtran frame
2-my request frame
3-my response frame

Initially i wanted just 2 frames, and that the filetran submit button (also) should be in my request frame...
My filetran frame ( which is fare left, and goes from the top of the window to the bottom of the window, and is fairy narrow) is now holding a single submit-filtran button (and a hidden-field) I feel that like a waste of window-space. In addition I need more buttons like my filetran butten ( causing new windows to appear). (buttons like <DoSoftwareUpgrade>,<LocalUserHandling>...)

Is there a way to divide my fare left frame horisontally, so I can have more buttons fare left in seperat frames under each other?...or is there a ( totally )better approach to my design problem?
Here is my frameset print:

frameset({-cols=>'5%,35%,60%'},
frame({-name=>'filetran',
-src=>"$script/filetran"}),
frame({-name=>'request',
-src=>"$script/request"}),
frame({-name=>'feedback',
-src=>"$script/feedback"})


(Yes, my cgi script is based on the 'popup.cgi' example provided in many perl sites.)

Thanx again for all help!

Regards
Sten

Ermmmm - I began to lose it a little after a while...do you just mean horizontal frames? something like...

<frameset cols='x%,y%'>
    <frameset rows="a%,b%,c%">
        <frame name='menu_button_1'>
        <frame name='menu_button_2'>
        <frame name='menu_button_3'>
    </frameset>
    <frame name='results'>
</frameset>
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You could try posting an example URL to make it a little clearer.
Cheers,
Ben