i couldnt get the buttons to work, this is pretty easy with just plain html but with cgi im stuck...


#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
use strict;
use warnings;

use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser/;
use CGI qw(:standard);

my $action;
print header;
print start_html('A Simple Example'),
    h1('A Simple Example'),
             start_form(-method=>$method,-action=>$action),
    "What's your name? ",textfield('name'),
    p,
    "What's the combination?",
    p,
    checkbox_group(-name=>'words',
           -values=>['eenie','meenie','minie','moe'],
           -defaults=>['eenie','minie']),
    p,
    "What's your favorite color? ",
    popup_menu(-name=>'color',
           -values=>['red','green','blue','chartreuse']),
    p,
    #submit,
    submit(-name=>'hello', -values=>"Hello"),
    submit(-name=>'hello1', -values=>"Hello1"),
    end_form,
    hr;

if (submit eq 'hello') {
    $action = "preview.cgi",
}
elsif (submit eq 'hello1)' {
    $action = "post.cgi",
}


print end_html;

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Edited by planetscape - added code tags

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In reply to help with cgi submit buttons by Zcity

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