Thanks Eric...I have updated my posting with a standalone test case of what I'm trying to do. The two blocks of code in the main posting relate to each other like this:

- The %options hash has a set of cgi objects (i.e. checkboxes, textfields, radio buttons) that I want to be able to select from as sub-options for a given top-level radio button.

- Each key of %report_types points to a hashref that defines the properties of that particular report: its name (name), its sub-options (opts), and its generator (coderef).

Since there are two reports defined, each of which has a "date" textfield as a sub-option, I'd like to name these textfields according to the report type (i.e. "date_1" and "date_2"). But since the "date" textfield is defined once in the %options hash, I don't see how to do this.

Update: I just realized that I can probably do what I want by making my own Reports class, creating instances at runtime with the necessary sub-options. The names of the textfields can then be assigned unique values by passing in an appropriate parameter during the instance construction.

In reply to Re^2: Is there a way to set a textfield -name value at runtime? by memnoch
in thread Is there a way to set a textfield -name value at runtime? by memnoch

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