Thanks for your suggestions (and everyone else's helpfulness) - they offered several teachable experiences in better understanding HTML, javascript, and GCI.
When i read in the CPAN CGI documentation that the javascript action button will probably not even display on non-netscapre browsers, i realized it was time to quit and plan another way to attack my problem.
I came across a great website for example code, www.krugle.com. Their section on GIMP Toolkit (GTK), using perl seems pretty extensive. Before i spend the same amount of time digging down into GTK calendar widgets and the like, would welcome other's opinion as to the usefulness of this site, and any suggestions as to my long ago simple goal (from perl, to click on an calendar object to select a date, and fill in a form variable with the selected date).
net-net, will i be on a fruitful path if i go done the TDK calendar widget route?

In reply to Re^5: obtaining yyyy-mm-dd via a calendar object by gmacfadden
in thread obtaining yyyy-mm-dd via a calendar object by gmacfadden

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