my %in = $cgi_obj->Vars; # where $cgi_obj is whatever your CGI object 
+is.

my $hidden_fields;

# This for loop goes through each of the dvdX keys and creates an HTML
+ hidden field for them, appending each to the string of others.     
$hidden_fields .= $cgi->hidden( $_, $in{$_} ) for ( grep { /dvdX/ } ke
+ys %in );

print start_form(-action=>'show.pl');
print table( {border=>1, -width=>'35%', -align=>'center', -style=>'bor
+der: ridge lime; color: yellow; font-size: 20', -background=>'../data
+/images/blue.jpg'},
      Tr( {-align=>'center'}, td( 'Movie X' ), td( popup_menu(-name=>'
+dvdX', -values=>[@tips] )), td( submit( 'Pick' ))),
      Tr( {-align=>'center'}, td( submit( 'Clear' )),    td( submit( '
+Done' )))), br(), br();

print table( {border=>1, -width=>'35%', -align=>'center', -style=>'bor
+der: ridge lime; color: yellow; font-size: 20', -background=>'../data
+/images/blue.jpg'},
      Tr( {-align=>'center'}, td( submit( 'Add' )),    td( submit( 'Sh
+ow' ))),
      Tr( {-align=>'center'}, td( submit( 'Modify' )), td( submit( 'De
+lete' ))));

# this is the string that contains all of the generated HTML hidden fi
+elds we just made.
print $hidden_fields;   

print end_form(), br(), br();

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If this still isnt making sense to you, then you should really take
some time to go over to tutorials available on this site. As already siggested by others :)

Best Regards,
Wonko

In reply to Re: Re: Re: form problem... by Wonko the sane
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