jaraph

Here is a snippet that I cut and pasted from a program I wrote. I hope it is complete enough to at least give you an idea. I'm sure that there are many other ways to do it. Just be sure that the directory that the perl script is located in is authorized to run cgi programs. The server cgi-bin directory normally has that ability. 

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function CheckKey (form) {
   var CGI_URL = "http://my.whatever.site/cgi-bin/"
   // do javascript stuff here
   form.action = CGI_URL + "idlookup.pl";
   form.submit() // executes idlookup.pl on server
   return true
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name=identify method=POST action='javascript:return CheckKey(doc
+ument.forms[0])
      onsubmit="javascript:return CheckKey(document.forms[0])">
  <INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="Checkit" VALUE=' Submit '
         onclick="javascript:return CheckKey(document.forms[0])">
</form>
</body>
</html>

[download]
Hope this helps.

In reply to Re: Execute Perl from Javascript by jlongino
in thread Execute Perl from Javascript by Anonymous Monk

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