Hi Frank --

> I have to create a GUI app to allow our data entry guys to 
> put data in the DB that the webapp uses. Is there any package 
> that provides similiar benefits to GUI apps that 
> CGI::Application offers to CGI scripts?

I don't know if there is a similar framework for making GUI apps in
Perl, but you might be interested in learning that it was GUI
development strategies which initially inspired me to make
CGI::Application.

GUI applications, like CGI applications are event-driven finite state
machines.  Very often, a system of call-backs are used to implement
controls such as buttons or drop-down menus.  It was exactly this
structure which I recognized as being very similar to the needs of
web-applications.

The core thesis behind CGI::Application is that interactive web
applications are actually finite state machines.  It is no surprise that
you notice similarities between this and the needs of GUI applications.

TTYL,

-Jesse-


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  Jesse Erlbaum
  The Erlbaum Group
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