#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
#
#sub_test.pl . . .just a proof-of-concept
# to get subroutines to be recognized.
use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
my $q = new CGI;
#-------------------------------------------------------------
#my $con = $q->param('con'); # This works
# . . .a subroutine in the CGI module?
#my $whatever = $q->parm('whatever');
# Does the subroutine, "whatever" need to be to be installed as a
# Perl module in order that the CGI can "see" it within the CGI's bubble?
# . . .I hope not!
# I don't want to install every ad hock "used-in-only-one-script"
# subroutine in order to access it for execution.
sub whatever {
print "<p>Got into <b><i>\"whatever's\"</i></b> subroutine $_[0]</p>";
}
#if ($q->parm( "whatever" )){
# whatever(); # . . .then execute the whatever subroutine.
#};
#-------------------------------------------------------------
print $q->header,
$q->start_html( -title => "sub_test.pl");
@_ = "as a result of a non-conditional invocation; therefore, it IS defined.";
&whatever; # This non-conditional call works;
# therefore, the subroutine IS defined . . .somewhere.
#---- Hello Button ------------------------------------------
print $q->button(
-name => 'Say hello',
-onClick => 'alert("Hello!")'), # . . .This works (try it!).
#---- Return Button ------------------------------------------
$q->submit( -name => 'whatever',
-value => '. . .click here for whatever',
-onClick => 'whatever'); # . . .sucks air (:-(
print ". . .and if you do, the the SOB complains that \"whatever\" is not
defined.";
print " <br><br>(Use Firefox with Error console opened . . .not MS/IE.)";
print $q->end_html;
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