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

In reply to Javascripts in HTML header by chriso

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