I can't see how I can get CGI.pm to append to an existing piece of HTML, so should I do something like

my $snippet = $cgi->checkbox_group(
        -name=>'foo',
        -value=>['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc']
);
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then replace [% SOMETHING %] with $snippet?

I haven't learned much of your approach yet, but if that's the way you build your web pages/templates, it's a viable option.

Cheers, Sören

20040329 Edit by Corion: Reparented as per authors request