I suggest you study the CGI::Application documentation a bit more (3.1 is the latest version which is what you should have). CGI::Application (like the docs say) uses $self->query() to retrieve an object (a CGI.pm object by default), which has a param() method that behaves like that of CGI.pm (that's all the object has to do). Now, CGI.pm has a method called "url_param", read about it in the "MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS" section of the CGI.pm manual. You can also read there how the param method behaves in different contexts (it is context sensitive). I leave you with a crucial snippet from CGI::Application

sub run {
    my $self = shift;
    my $q = $self->query();

    my $rm_param = $self->mode_param() || croak("No rm_param() specifi
+ed");

    my $rm;

    # Support call-back instead of CGI mode param
    if (ref($rm_param) eq 'CODE') {
        # Get run-mode from subref
        $rm = $rm_param->($self);
    } else {
        # Get run-mode from CGI param
        $rm = $q->param($rm_param);   # PodMaster: FYI - this is scala
+r context 
    }

    # If $rm undefined, use default (start) mode
    my $def_rm = $self->start_mode() || '';
    $rm = $def_rm unless (defined($rm) && length($rm));

#...
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You may also wanna read up on "mode_param()" in the CGI::Application docs. I hope this helps you see what's going on and solve your problem.

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