Fellow Monasterians:

I'm trying to learn to use more modules, but not getting HTML::FillInForm. I have been using HTML::Template for some time, but want to refine my methods further. Here are my specific questions:

1. what is 'fobject'? and can it be called by any other name?

2. How does the $output get 'enacted'? I.e., how do I get from my Perl to my .tmpl form?

3. What else am I missing here?

PERL:

my $query = new CGI;

$query -> param("123 Main Street");
my $html = "../form.html";

my $template = HTML::Template->new(filename => '../form.tmpl');

my $fif = new HTML::FillInForm;
my $output = $fif->fill(scalarref => \$html,
                             fobject => $query);
                       
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print $template->output();
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HTML:

<form action="cgi-bin/fill.pl" method="post">
   <input type="text" name="address" size="30" />
   <input type="submit" />
</form>
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Thanks!

Update: Please see my findings, which are under the review of the HTML::FillInForm module itself.