sorry about that.. here is the source 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC"-// W3C//DTD Xhtml 1.0 Strict//EN"" http://www.w
+3.org/TR/xhtml2/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
  <head>
    <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="Tue, 04 Dec 1993 21:29:02 GMT"
+> 
    <LINK REL=StyleSheet href="file:///C:/Program Files/Apache Softwar
+e Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin/myapp/templates/basic.css" TYPE="text/
+css" MEDIA=screen>

    <title>
       
        Browse 
       
      </title>
    </head>    
...
...

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above code, when generated through run-mode does not recruit the external css, whereas if I copy this and paste it to a dummy html file, then the css works fine. Whats bothering me is why the browser treats the same html content in 2 files (one generated melodramatically, other created manually) differently? Sorry if I missed out something please let me know and I'll post. Thanks

In reply to Re^4: CGI::Application run mode does not recognize external css by Prat824
in thread CGI::Application run mode does not recognize external css by Prat824

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