Hi I don't get any errors anymore with the pagination here is the full sample script

#!c:/xampp/perl/bin/perl.exe
use warnings;
use CGI;
use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday);
my $query = CGI->new;
my $dir = "C:/Users/41786/OneDrive/Documents/recordz1/";
print $query->header; 

test();
 
sub test {
    my $counter = 1000; #Should be get from db;
    my $string = "";
    my $first_page = 0;
    my $nb_page = 0;
    my $min_index = $query->param("min_index");
    if (not defined $min_index) {
        $min_index = 0;
    }
    my $count_per_page = 10;
    open (FILE, "<$dir/test2.html") or die "cannot open file $dir/test
+2.html";
    my $content = "";
    my $max_index = $query->param("max_index");    
    if (not defined $max_index) {        
        $max_index = 40;
    } else {
        #$max_index = round ($counter / 40, 1);#Number of objects disp
+layed per page.
    }        
    my $last_page = $nb_page - 1;
    my $n2 = 0;

    my $index_page = $query->param("index_page");
    if (not defined $index_page) {
        $index_page = 0;
    }
    my $previous_page = $query->param("previous_page");    
    if (not defined $previous_page) {
        $index_page = 0;
        $previous_page = 0;
    }
    my $index = 0;
    $string .= "<a href=\"/cgi-bin/pagination.pl?lang=FR&amp;session=1
+\" ><-\"First page\"-></a>&#160;&nbsp;";                
    if (($index_page -1) > 0) {
        $previous_page = $previous_page - 1;
        $index_page--;
        $index--;
        $min_index = $min_index -40;
        $max_index = $max_index -40;
        $string .= "<a href=\"/cgi-bin/pagination.pl?lang=FR&amp;sessi
+on=1;min_index=$min_index&amp;max_index=$max_index&amp;previous_page=
+$previous_page&amp;index_page=$index_page\" ><-\"Previous\"-></a>&#16
+0;&nbsp;";                
    }
    for my $index ($min_index..$max_index) {                        
        $next_page = $min_index + 40;
        if ($index_page < $count_per_page) {
            if (($index_page % $count_per_page) > 0) {                
+            
                $string .= "<a href=\"/cgi-bin/pagination.pl?lang=FR&a
+mp;session=1&amp;min_index=$min_index&amp;max_index=$max_index&amp;in
+dex_page=$index_page&amp;previous_page=$previous_page&amp;index_page=
+$index_page\" ><-$index_page-></a>&#160;&nbsp;";                
            }
        }        
        $index_page++;
        $index++;
        $min_index += 40;;                        
        $max_index += 40;;                    
    }
    $string .= "<a href=\"/cgi-bin/pagination.pl?lang=FR&amp;session=1
+;min_index=$min_index&amp;max_index=$max_index&amp;previous_page=$pre
+vious_page\" ><-\"Next\"-></a>&#160;&nbsp;";                
    while (<FILE>) {    
        s/\$ARTICLE{'index'}/$string/g;
        $content .= $_;    
    }
    print $content;
    close (FILE);
}

sub round {
    my $n = shift || '';
    my $r = sprintf("%.0f", $n);    
    return $r;
}
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