Hi John, On Tuesday 31 May 2011 03:48:44 John M Rathbun MD wrote: > Hello, World! > > I'm an amateur programmer trying to convert some of my old BASIC > programs to run in a browser so people don't have to download and > install software. I'm having a problem with my current project because > CGI.pm is generating some funny code when I try to evoke a scrolling > list box. > > Here's the relevant evocation: > > print scrolling_list(-name => 'choose',-values=>@terms,-size=>254); >
The problem here is that -values accepts an array reference, not an array, so you need either: print scrolling_list(-name => 'choose', -values => \@terms, -size => 254); Or: print scrolling_list(-name => 'choose', -values => [@terms], -size => 254); See the resources in: http://perl-begin.org/topics/references/ . > The HTML code output should look something like this: > > <SELECT NAME="choose" SIZE="254"> > > <OPTION> abreaction > <OPTION> abstract thinking > <OPTION> acalculia > . > . > . > <OPTION> word salad > <OPTION> xenophobia > <OPTION> zoophobia > </SELECT> > This is non-standards-compliant HTML code. > What I'm actually getting follows: [SNIP] > This produces a list box with only one term visible. Am I doing > something wrong with CGI.pm or is there a glitch in it? > Well, I would strongly suggest against using CGI.pm's HTML generation routines. Instead you should use either the Template Toolkit ( http://template-toolkit.org/ ) or alternatively http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-FormFu/ or something like that. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Understand what Open Source is - http://shlom.in/oss-fs NASA Uses COBOL. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
