Hi FPI. Sorry, My description was very vague. This may be better I hope.

page1 is a cgi script with no commands, it merely has 4 submit buttons which allow a user to either open or close an alarm for the primary or secondary server. The buttons are open1 close1 open2 close2. When a user closes an alarm it opens an html page and asks for input in several fields. This information is then extracted from the webpage and added to an archive. What I need is once the user submits the information to be archived, for a timestamp to be placed in a text field on the main page that holds the buttons. I can get the stamp to be appended to the file but Im having dificulty getting the timestamp placed in a field rather than merely appended.
Im sorry for all the posts but I just cant find any information anywhere. I dont really have the first idea what to do as I have just been thrown into the deep end by my boss and asked to develope this. I have never used perl before so I'm kinda blind as to what I should do. The logic behind it is simple, I just cant seem to impliment a way to append the information to a field on a seperate page.

I'd like to thank you guys for being so patient with me, I really appreciate it.

In reply to Re: Re: CGI parameter passing (was Aardvark) by rootkidd
in thread CGI parameter passing (was Aardvark) by Anonymous Monk

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