I have my setup code 
sub setup {
    my $self = shift;
    $self->start_mode('Startup');
    $self->tmpl_path('Templates/');
    $self->run_modes(
        'Startup'            =>    'Startup',
        'Page'                =>    'Page'
        # more runmodes here
        );
};

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Startup looks like: 
sub Startup {

    #    Startup function

    my $self = shift;
    my $q = $self->query();

    my $template             = $self->load_tmpl('index.tmpl');    
    $template->param( SITETITLE => "foobarbaz" );

    # init more template paramaters and some session variables
        
    return $template->output(); # return template results

}

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My quesiton is this, is there a special runmode I can use to initialise appliaction(session) variables without having them in my default runmode so they don't get needlessly redeclared when someone goes back to the main screen?

In reply to CGI::Application + run modes by Anonymous Monk

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