Hello,
This is a friendly wake-up message. I posted the message below some weeks ago,
but got no response yet. That must have been because of the holidays. Everyone
was/is out ofcourse. Did _you_ have a good time? I hope so :-) BTW, this
message is slightly modified from the original. This message is also posted on
clp.misc and clp.modules.
The best way to introduce the module is by displaying the README.
Below the README you'll find my actual questions.
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CGI::Tabs version 1.0
=====================
DESCRIPTION
CGI::Tabs lets you simulate tab widgets in HTML. You could benefit
from tabs if you want to serve only one page. Depending on the tab
selected you fetch and display the underlying data. There are two
main reasons for taking this approach:
1. For the end user not to be directed to YAL or YAP (yet another
link, / yet another page), but keep it all together: The single point
of entry paradigm.
2. For the Perl hacker to generate and display multiple data sources
within the same script environment.
The nice thing about CGI::Tabs is that the tabs now their internal
state. So you can ask a tab for instance which tab page is
highlighted. This way you get direct feedback on what the user
clicked.
EXAMPLES
__________ __________ ____________ _______
/ Software \ / Hardware \ / Lease Cars \ / Xerox \
-------------------------------------------------------------------
__________________ _________ ___________
/ Personal Details \ / Pension \ / Insurance \
----------------------------------------------------------
These trivial examples could be used in for instance a maintenance
application or a human resources application.
DEPENDENCIES
- CGI, CGI::Minimal or another CGI "object broker"
with the param() method and with similar behaviour
- HTML::Entities
- URI
- A CSS style sheet for the tabs markup
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
DOWNLOAD
The latest version of CGI::Tabs is always available from the
CGI::Tabs homepage at:
http://users.raketnet.nl/koos_pol/en/Tabs/index.html
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Copyright (c) 2002 Koos Pol. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
CHANGES
1.0 (2002-07-06)
-----------------
First release
======================== END README ============================
I would appreciate your input and comments on any of the usual relevant issues:
- the name CGI::Tabs (namespace)
- it's usefullness
- documentation
- issues
- etc
CGI::Tabs (including a full demo) is downloadable from:
http://users.raketnet.nl/koos_pol/en/Tabs/index.html
I will request for a PAUSE account shortly.
Thanks for your time and effort.
Koos Pol
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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