Re^4: CGI button -onClick not working

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Re^5: CGI button -onClick not working by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 29, 2011 at 08:27 UTC
You will need to learn about HTML (and possibly Javascript).	[reply]
Re^5: CGI button -onClick not working by zentara (Cardinal) on Sep 29, 2011 at 08:27 UTC
Here is a simple example `#!/usr/bin/perl use CGI qw(:standard); use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); use strict; use diagnostics; my $who = param('name') \|\| 'unknown'; print header(); print <<HERE; <html> <head> <title>Hello to $who</title> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- Begin function drawAlert () { alert ("Hello $who !"); } // End --> </script> </head> <body> <center> <form> <input type=button value="Click here to try the JavaScript!" onClick="drawAlert()"> </form> </center> </body> </html> HERE` [download] I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: CGI button -onClick not working by Anonymous Monk on Sep 29, 2011 at 08:32 UTC
Yeah, I know that perl doesn't run in the browser. But the point is, I want to run a function when I click the button. How to do that?? Asked and answered :) You've decided on onclick, and onclick is javascript, ie , in the browser only Your options are 1) submit a form like keszler showed or 2) use javascript to make a http request like perlig showed Is that clearer?	[reply]