i'm trying to write a sub function that will write a date drop down box onto a form this function is going to be called from many pages and should therefore be in another file i'm figuring that i'll call the function like

<form action="foo.asp">
     <!--#include virtual="/actest/vtt/includes/DateDropdownSelector.a
+sp" -->
     <% &amp;amp;Month_Dropdown("D1"); %>
</form>
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and recieve a dropdown

<%
sub Month_Dropdown ($prefix) {
    my @month_order = ("JAN","FEB","MAR","APR","MAY","JUN","JUL","AUG"
+,"SEP","OCT","NOV","DEC");
    my %month_days = (
        JAN => 31,
        FEB => 29,
        MAR => 31,
        APR => 30,
        MAY => 31,
        JUN => 30,
        JUL => 31,
        AUG => 31,
        SEP => 30,
        OCT => 31,
        NOV => 30,
        DEC => 31
    );

    $response->write(qq!<select name="! . $prefix . qq! _MONTH">!);
            foreach $month (@month_order) {
                $response->write(qq!    <option value="$month">$month!
+);
            };
    $response->write(qq!</select>!);

    $response->write(qq!<select name="! . $prefix . qq! _DAY">!);
    for ($i = 1;$i <= 31;$i++) {
        $response->write(qq!    <option value="$i">$i!);
    };
    $response->write(qq!<input type="text" name="! . $prefix . qq!_YEA
+R" maxlength=4 value="2001">!);
}

%>
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the hash table is in place so i can eventually figure out how to create a dropdown pair on which the number of available days changes based on the month that is selected maybe i shouldn't be including the file as a virtual include but should instead put a 1; at the bottom and say

  require /includes/DateDropdownSelector.pm
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and then of course fiddle around with the internals a bit (come to think of it, just taking out the <% and %> should complete that transformation anyways ... i know there's a mega -expert out there who can get me over this last little hurdle :)

update:
I forgot to mention that the error that i am recieving is as follows:

PerlScript Error error '80004005' 

(in cleanup) Can't call method "write" on an undefined value 

/actest/vtt/includes/DateDropdownSelector.asp, line 19
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