Monks,

I have a long CGI form that I'd like to break into 3 forms, all generated and processed with a single .cgi program using CGI.pm. One of the advantages of using CGI.pm is that it allows you to save the state of the form from one submission to the next. But I'm not sure I exactly grasp how it works in practice.

In my 3 part form, I am still finding it necessary to use hidden text fields in Form #2 to carry elements from Form #1 and get them into Form #3. Isn't CGI.pm supposed to help you do away with hidden fields by carrying data from previous form element forward? How do I do this? Thanks.

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In reply to Maintaining state with CGI.pm by nysus

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