If I just do response->redirect to my desired help content it doesn't work because the help content has not yet been generated this is odd as it does not function that way for other tabs from the database until I click on the help tab i must somehow generate that click request making help tab active does not do it.

I tried hard to parse that, but can't figure out what you are trying to say.

Your subroutine is odd. $topics as a subroutine prototype? I guess you mean

sub tHelp {
    my $topics = shift;
    ...
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Looking at that snippet

       my $startpoint=$topics($topic);'Content/HELP/TPO/default/Tempo_
+help-08-1.html';
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I have to ask - what is $topics? a subroutine reference? Then you have to write

       my $startpoint=$topics->($topic);
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Also, what do you have that string literal in void context for? What is in $topic? where does it come from? Can't see it anywhere else in that sub.

Please reformulate your question and post code which at least compiles, and enough info to avoid wild guesses. See I know what I mean. Why don't you?

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                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}