Hi all,
I've had an idea for an Inline::HTML module that I would like to run by this
list
for comments/ideas. I have a prototypical working implementation.
Of course HTML doesn't have functions. But the way I use it in this context
is
to create a GUI for Perl scripts. Here's an example:
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use Inline HTML => Config =>
BROWSER => '/usr/bin/netscape' ;
use Inline (HTML => 'DATA') ;
my $name = get_name() ;
print "Hello $name\n" ;
__DATA__
__HTML__
get_name
<HTML>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD=GET ACTION="return">
Enter your name: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=name>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Ok">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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This will launch a browser and get the user's name. Then the Perl script can
go on.
You can also call Perl subroutine from the FORM, i.e.
ACTION="My::Module:check_name",
and that function will get the form contents passed as argument.
I could see this being usefull to build wizards and that kind of stuff.
Any comments?
Patrick
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Patrick LeBoutillier
Laval, Quebec, Canada
