jdtoronto has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Esteemed monks,

Can anyone tell me how to get a popup window using CGI::Application? I want to have a 'wizard' that pops up in a separate window and from the documentation I can figure out how to make it work?

jdtoronto

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Re: CGI::Application - how to get a popup window
by gryphon (Abbot) on Aug 21, 2006 at 15:17 UTC

    Greetings jdtoronto,

    CGI::Application is a Perl module, so it helps organize work that needs to be done server-side. Opening a pop-up window is a client-side function, so it requires Javascript (unless you just want a new, full-size window, in which case you can just use an anchor target). In the returned HTML for the page, add something like this:

    <script type="text/javascript">
  window.open(
    "your-cgi-wrapper.cgi?rm=popupstart",
    "popup", "width=500"
  );
</script>

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    Obviously, "popupstart" is the run-mode of the first page of the pop-up.

    gryphon
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      Thanks gryphon, I had it in my head that I could do it with headers without having to use the JavaScript, but the JS method works so why not!

      jdtoronto

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