Hello iam a learner in perl. I am trying to create an application which has three java server threads which have to be run as daemon threads and stopped if required. The problem is iam trying to interface the start and stop of daemon threads using a web page with buttons which state the status of the server threads. Using perl which iam calling the daemon thread my handle goes to the java thread and does not return back -- how should i handle this to get back the status and show the same page to the end user informing through the web page that the server has been started and if he feels like he can stop by clicking on the stop button. i would be greatful if any body can help with an example and with sample code. Srinivas