I need to pass a string to a subroutine but cannot seem to get it to work, here is some sample of what I mean. snippet one is preauth file (pass thru authenticaton) topic obtained from querystring and passed to sub thelp (Hopefully result) which is not working for me. code for sub tHelp follows code snippet from preauth, in addition there is a loop in mLeftIndex() which creates the help file, I am attempting to modify the startpoint of the file..

$User = $Request->item("Login")->item();
$Site = $Request->item("Site")->item();
$topic= $Request->item("Topic")->item();
my $Referer = $Request->ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")->item();
$Request->ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING")->item();
use CGI;
use OLE;
use CGI::Simple;
$query= new CGI;

    
%ttopics = (
   home            => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//TEMPO 5 Help Topics
+-01-1.html',
   listingmgr      => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//TEMPO 5 Help Topics
+-06-1.html',
   cma             => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//TEMPO 5 Help Topics
+-11-1.html',
   hotsheetmgr     => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//TEMPO 5 Help Topics
+-10-1.html',
   clientmgr       => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//TEMPO 5 Help Topics
+-05-1.html',
   tempofinancials => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//TEMPO 5 Help Topics
+-14-1.html',
   tools           => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//TEMPO 5 Help Topics
+-18-1.html',
   rep             => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//TEMPO 5 Help Topics
+-12-01.html',
   taxmgr          => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//TEMPO 5 Help Topics
+-13-1.html',
   TempoMemberInfo => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//Tempo_help-01-1.htm
+l',
   email           => 'Content/HELP/TPO\/default\//Tempo_help-01-1.htm
+l',
);


if (!defined($topic)) {
my $startpoint='Content/HELP/TPO/default/Tempo_help-08-1.html';
}
my $baseurl='http://www.tempohelp.com/index.asp?tab=Help&View=#';
$nightmare = $ttopics{$topic};
my @topicvalues=$nightmare;
my @baseurl=$baseurl;
tHelp(@baseurl,@startpoint);
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tHelp

sub tHelp
  {
$baseurl=shift(@baseurl); 
$startpoint=shift(@topicvalues);
$Response->write("$baseurl"."$startpoint");
# This returns values for baseurl and startpoint so far so #good
then deeper in my sub when I go to use startpoint it does not work why
+?
if ($Session->{'usrType'} eq 'Std')
   {
    if ($Request->ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")->item()=~/tempohelp/i
+)
{
 #my startpoint='Content/HELP/TPO/default/Tempo_help-08-1.html';
my $target='Tempo%20help_frame';
$str .= shadowBox("Tempo Help", qq^<help_iframe name="$target" startpo
+int="$startpoint"/>^ , ($g_docWidth/5*4-(2*$g_docSpace)));
       return $str;
    }
}
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finally code for loop to generate helpfile into iframe.

if ( $Request->ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")->item() =~ /tempohelp/ )
+ {
        my $toc_file = ( $Session->{'usrType'} eq 'Pro' ) ? 'e:\Suppor
+tWeb\Content\HELP\PRO\TOC.html' : 'e:\SupportWeb\Content\help\tpo\def
+ault\TOC.html';
my $user_type = uc $Session->{'usrType'};
if ($user_type='STD')
{$user_type='TPO/default/'}
$startpoint=shift(@topicvalues);
open TOC, $toc_file;
my @toc_lines = <TOC>;
close TOC;
        
        foreach my $line ( @toc_lines ) { 
            $content .= qq^<rlink tab="Help" script="frames['help_ifra
+me'].location.href='Content/HELP/$user_type/$1'" title="$3">
                        </rlink>^ if ( $line =~ /<p class="pTOC\d"><a 
+href="(.*?)"\s+target="(.*?)">(.*?)<\/a>/ );
                    
        }
        $content .= '</leftIndex>';    
    }
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