Sorry, I chose the wrong words..
my script works similar to the way you described below. Depending on
which fields are filled out and which button is pressed, a different
subroutine is called, creating the page.
On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at 12:01 AM, David Gray wrote:
>> I'm using one CGI script to generate several search pages
>
> That's impossible. One call to a cgi script can generate only one page.
> Consider the following untested ;) (but simple enough that I probably
> didn't screw it up) code:
>
> --code--
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
>
> use CGI;
> my $cgi = new CGI;
> # this line saves the url of the
> # currently running CGI script
> my $me = $cgi->script_name;
>
> # this is declared as 'our' so
> # you can use it in your subs
> # without passing it each time
> our %F = ();
>
> # this saves a copy of the form
> # vars passed to your CGI script
> # in an easily accessible hash
> for($cgi->param()) {
> $F{$_} = $cgi->param($_);
> }
>
> # this section calls different subs
> # (which print different HTML)
> # based on the value of a parameter
> # passed to the script.
> # print_frameset() is the default
> # which gets called if param(page)
> # isn't defined or is eq ''
> if(not defined $F{page} or
> $F{page} eq '') {
> print_frameset();
> } elsif($F{page} eq 'main') {
> print_main();
> } elsif($F{page} eq 'nav') {
> print_nav();
> } elsif($F{page} eq 'data') {
> print_data();
> } else {
> $F{page} =~ s/[^a-z]//g;
> print_error();
> }
>
> sub print_frameset {
> print qq^<html>
> <head><title>example frameset</title></head>
> <frameset ...>
> <frame name="nav" src="$me?page=nav" ...>
> <frame name="main" src="$me?page=main" ...>
> <frame name="data" src="$me?page=data" ...>
> </frameset>
> </html>^;
> }
>
> sub print_main {
> print qq^<h1>This is my MAIN PAGE</h1>^;
> }
>
> sub print_nav {
> print qq^<h1>This is my NAV PAGE</h1>^;
> }
>
> sub print_data {
> print qq^<h1>This is my DATA PAGE</h1>^;
> }
>
> sub print_error {
> print qq^<h1>Unsupported page [<font color="red">$F{page}</font>]
> requested</h1>^;
> }
> --code--
>
> That code generates four html pages (possibly including an error page or
> two), but it gets called four times. Sorry if I'm explaining something
> you already understand, but this is essential.
>
>> (search for
>> people etc) within a secured area.
>> I would like to put the navigation sub into one frame, the retrieved
>> data (sub search1,2...)in another frame.
>> But I do not want to use an extra script for this.
>
> An adaptation of the above example should work for you.
>
> Good luck,
>
> -dave
>
>
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