This isn't the job of Perl or CGI. It's the domain of the web browser to decide when and how to create new windows. There's no information in a normal HTML document that says "by the way, this is a new window now".

That said, there are a couple of answers. One is to change the link target -- if you're using a GET request -- to pop up a new window. Another option is to use JavaScript to open a new window.

Of course, that will depend on how the user has configured his browser and how well said browser supports JavaScript.

But I am now very confused I found the below code @
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/stein/source.html

Which runs a perl script opening a pop window?
So could you clear up my confusion please?
Can I use CGI.pm or not?
Regards
Gareth

#!/usr/bin/perl

#file: frames.pl

use CGI qw/:standard/;
print header,
start_html('Popup Window');

if (!param) {
    print h1("Ask your Question"),
    start_form(-target=>'answer'),
    "What's your name? ",textfield('name'),
    p(),
    "What's the combination?",
    checkbox_group(-name=>'words',
           -values=>['eenie','meenie','minie','moe'],
           -defaults=>['eenie','moe']),
    p(),
    "What's your favorite color? ",
    popup_menu(-name=>'color',
           -values=>['red','green','blue','chartreuse']),
    p(),
    submit,
    end_form;
} else {
    print h1("And the Answer is..."),
    "Your name is ",em(param(name)),
    p(),
    "The keywords are: ",
    em(join(", ",param('words'))),
    p(),
    "Your favorite color is ",em(param('color'));
}

print end_html;
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The key line there is start_form(-target=>'answer'). The 'target' attribute tells the browser which window to display the response in. If a window with the specified name doesn't exist, a new window will be created.

90% of every Perl application is already written. ⇒

dragonchild

Regards
Gareth