ovid sent me an "off the top" example how to upload files a couple days ago, to which i have implemented, and obiously it's sending the files (judging by time from page to page). this has helped me get started real good... now... when i return to my program with the data from the form i can't seem to find the info (even the hidden stuff for direction). can someone clue me in to how i process these files (after the files have been selected and "submitted") on the 'return' loop? 
print STDOUT "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
print STDOUT "<HTML>\n";
print STDOUT "<HEAD>\n";
print STDOUT "</HEAD>\n";
print STDOUT "<BODY BACKGROUND=\"/Assets/Backdrop.gif\">\n";
print STDOUT "<FORM NAME=\"Recieve\" ENCTYPE=\"multipart/form-data\" A
+CTION=\"_main.pl\" METHOD=POST TARGET=\"MAIN\">\n";
print STDOUT "<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=345>\n
+";
print STDOUT "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"Function\" VALUE=\"Recieve
+\">\n";
print STDOUT "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"UserID\" VALUE=\"$gBuffer[
+1]\">\n";
print STDOUT "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"Signature\" VALUE=\"gBuffe
+r[2]\">\n";
print STDOUT "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"Password\" VALUE=\"$gBuffe
+r[3]\">\n";
print STDOUT "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"Message\" VALUE=\"$gBuffer
+[4]\">\n";
print STDOUT "<TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><TD WIDTH=345><P ALIGN=CENTER>
+\n";
print STDOUT "<IMG SRC=\"/Assets/clearpixel.gif\" BORDER=0>\n";
print STDOUT "</TD></TR>\n";
print STDOUT "<TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><TD WIDTH=345><P ALIGN=CENTER>
+\n";
print STDOUT "<FONT COLOR=\"#FFFF99\">The Full Sized (640x480) Picture
+:</FONT>\n";
print STDOUT "</TD></TR>\n";
print STDOUT "<TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><TD WIDTH=345><P ALIGN=CENTER>
+\n";
print STDOUT "<INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME=\"AUT_File\" SIZE=25 MAXLENGTH=25>
+\n";
print STDOUT "</TD></TR>\n";
print STDOUT "<TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><TD WIDTH=345><P ALIGN=CENTER>
+\n";
print STDOUT "<FONT COLOR=\"#FFFF99\">The Small Sized (80x60) Thumbnai
+l:</FONT>\n";
print STDOUT "</TD></TR>\n";
print STDOUT "<TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><TD WIDTH=345><P ALIGN=CENTER>
+\n";
print STDOUT "<INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME=\"THM_File\" SIZE=25 MAXLENGTH=25>
+\n";
print STDOUT "</TD></TR>\n";
print STDOUT "<TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><TD WIDTH=345><P ALIGN=CENTER>
+\n";
print STDOUT "<IMG SRC=\"/Assets/clearpixel.gif\" BORDER=0>\n";
print STDOUT "</TD></TR>\n";
print STDOUT "<TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><TD WIDTH=345><P ALIGN=CENTER>
+\n";
print STDOUT "<INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Upload\">\n";
print STDOUT "</TD></TR>\n";
print STDOUT "</TABLE>\n";
print STDOUT "</FORM>\n";
print STDOUT "</BODY>\n";
print STDOUT "</HTML>\n";

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thanx a gigabyte for everyones help learning here....

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