It sounds like you haven't written a lot of CGI programs before. You need to realize that clicking the button will do a HTTP POST against some page (often the originating one). A simple and common pattern is something like:

use CGI qw(:standard);    # easiest and safest way to do this
# ...
if (param()) {
    # Parameters were passed in: like button clicks,
    # text box contents, radio selections, etc.
    # Do something here like
    #    if (param('S1') eq 'Send') { ... }
} else {
    # Write HTML to produce the "baseline page"
    # Like
    # print "<input ...>"
}

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There's some excellent material in the Tutorials that can help, and Ovid has a very nice online course.

In reply to Re^3: Button Send by VSarkiss
in thread Button Send by Midnite

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