What You are trying to use is a non-standard, Netscape specific externsion to the HTTP-protocol; IE can't (obviously) handle this adressing technique. What You shoud do is to set the target in the startform call 
 
print $q->startform(-action=>"whatewer.cgi",
-TARGET=>"Top");

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Another way to do it is with javascript: 
 
<script language=javascript type="text/javascript">
function speciallink(new) {
parent.frames["top"].document.location = new;
  } // -->
</script>

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Call it with 
onClick="speciallink('Whatever.cgi')"

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(The script can be used on anything that supports the onClick event)

I hope this will help ; )

/Wonko

In reply to Re: CGI.pm help with IE browser by wonko
in thread CGI.pm help with IE browser by BigJoe

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