I am using CGI-Application using Apache on Windows XP. I have a run mode setup so that I can open a page, slurp in a template into a textarea on a form, and then it's supposed to write the current info in the textarea to a file when the submit button is pushed. Here is the form field code: 
<form name="mainform" action="webapp.cgi?rm=mode9" method="post">
<textarea name="text_field" cols="60" rows="20"><TMPL_INCLUDE NAME="me
+nu.tmpl"></textarea>
<br>
<button type="submit">Update</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button t
+ype="reset">Reset Form</button>
</form>

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here is the code for the save: 
sub save_form {
    my $self = shift;

    # Get CGI query object
    my $q = $self->query();
    my $record = $q->param( 'text_field' );

    open( FH, '>output.txt' ) || die "Can't open output.txt: $!";
    print FH $record;
    close ( FH );

    # go back to the beginning
    return $self->run_mode( 'mode1' );
}

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I know my cgi-app is working because I can navigate to other pages in different run modes. Please help! I see wisdom! Bob

In reply to How to write to a file using CGI by Anonymous Monk

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