I have several perl files, which each pass a transaction code (this is on a shopping site) from one to the other. In the last perl file, it calls a HTML file using the following code: 
<form method="get" name="f1" action="finalorderpage.shtml">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="VendorTxCode" VALUE=$VendorTxCode>
<INPUT TYPE="image" SRC="proceed3.gif" VALUE="Submit the Order details
+" ALIGN="left" width="75" height="27">                        
</form>

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So as you can see, the $VendorTxCode is passed in a hidden field to the HTML page. However, I then need to retrieve this in the HTML file to use again as a hidden field. The code would is in the URL for example: http://www.domainhere.com/finalorderpage.shtml?VendorTxCode=23364876 But how do I retrieve this into the HTML document? Please do not say change the HTML document into a perl file as I cannot do this - it has to stay as a HTML document. Please help - this is probably something really simple but I am tearing my hair out :-S Thanks.

In reply to Retrieving Data by Anonymous Monk

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