This question is from another question I asked, but it may be to buried for people to see, so I am resending it as a new question.

I'm still a little lost. That tutorial from Ovid didn't really help, except to clean up my html. But I still have the problem of how to getting a send button and a file write to both to work at the same time.

Here is code for what I am doing:

#  Setup up
#  Variables
#  and define work fields
# If file exists, append to it
if (-e $datefile) {
    open (BOBIN, ">>$datefile") || die "Cannot Open File $datefile for
+ writing: $!"; # Open Data file
} else {
     ### Else open directory where files data files are located
     #   Sort in descending order, pick out first file
     #   And e-mail it
     #   Then create a new file with current data as name
     open (BOBIN, ">$datefile") || die "Cannot create File $datefile f
+or writing: $!";
}
# The param function to see if a button was clicked
# If not, go on
if (!(param())) {
   # Do stuff
   # By processing data
   # put up web page
   # with formatted data 
   <form>
   <center><input type=submit value=Send name=S1>
   </center></form>
} else {
    # When it is print
    # Redirect to another web page
    if (param('S1') eq "Send") {
        print BOBIN $datajoin;
        use CGI; print redirect("http://www.gailborden.info/services/b
+ob/submitq.htm");}
}
close(BOBIN);
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I keep getting an error that it cannot open the file. But I put the param up farther near top of the program it works, but it still won't write the file. My theory is: When I do a button click, I noticed, and was told, it does an http post, so I assuming it wipes out the data

Is there easier way to just redirect it to a confirmation page AND write the data after pressing a button?

Does anyone know, if I change the "input type" to button can I do the same thing? When clicked, redirect to confirmation page and then write the data.

I will be more then happy to send the full script and web form.

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