<FONT face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size=2> <DIV>Hi,</DIV><DIV
> &nbsp;</DIV><DIV>To be more clear, I wanted to just refresh the subroutine that generates t
he graph when the checkbox is clicked, not refresh the entire page. Is that possible?</DIV> <
DIV> &nbsp;</DIV><DIV>thanks</DIV><DIV>dhivya<BR></DIV><FONT color=#990099>-----perl-win32-we
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in32-web@[...].com<BR> From: Lachlan &lt;lashley@turing.une.edu.au&gt;<BR>Sent by: perl-win32
-web-bounces@[...].com<BR> Date: 07/24/2007 10:50PM<BR>Subject: Re: having a html button/chec
k box call a perl subroutine<BR> <BR><FONT face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monosp
ace" size=2> Firstly, have you looked into combining CSS with your javascript?<BR>There are p
lenty of resources on the web that describe how to use the &nbsp;<BR> inline parameter to dis
play and hide content.<BR> <BR>You won't be able to run a perl sub after your page has been r
endered &nbsp;<BR> unless you run your script again.<BR>One of the most obvious ways is to re
fresh the page (ie. run the script &nbsp;<BR> again) when the checkbox is pressed.<BR><BR>I h
aven't done this with a checkbox but I have used a round-about way &nbsp;<BR> of getting a ja
vascript action button to run a Perl sub.<BR> I used a simple javascript action button. With 
the CGI module I used:<BR> <BR>$cgiObject-&gt;button(-name=&gt;'nameofbutton',-value=&gt;' La
bel of &nbsp;<BR> Button',-onClick=&gt;"window.open('nameOfScript? <BR>x=param1&amp;y=param2&
amp;z=param3'... )")<BR> <BR>A javascript action button is displayed and when clicked opens a
 new &nbsp;<BR> window and goes to the address specified using the particular params.<BR>One 
of the params is a flag to indicate a basic function mode for the &nbsp;<BR> script; basicall
y which sub should be run (in the example 'x').<BR> <BR>Towards the start of my script I have
 something like this ($qaz is the &nbsp;<BR> CGI object):<BR><BR>if (defined( $qaz-&gt;param(
'x') )){<BR> <SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN>if ($qaz-&gt;param('x') eq 'value1'){<BR><S
PAN> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN>runSub1();<BR><SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN> }<BR><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN>if ($qaz-&gt;param(
'x') eq 'value2'){<BR> <SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</S
PAN> runSub2();<BR><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN>}<BR><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</
SPAN> ...<BR>}<BR><BR>You should be able to do something similar with a checkbox using &nbsp;
<BR> onClick. Use the window.location.replace(x) function to reload the &nbsp;<BR>current pag
e.<BR> Of course, 'x' represents the script name with the parameter list. If &nbsp;<BR>you us
e the same sub to set the content and use the param list to alter &nbsp;<BR> what is set by t
hat sub then code duplication is minimised - you don't &nbsp;<BR> need multiple subs to set u
p different page content if the 'page' &nbsp;is &nbsp;<BR> practically the same.<BR><BR><BR>C
heers,<BR> Lachlan.<BR><BR><BR>On 24 Jul 2007, at 7:02, Dhivya Arasappan/O/VCU wrote:<BR><BR>
&gt; Hi everyone,<BR> &gt; &nbsp;<BR>&gt; I'm writing a perl program in which I'm setting up&
nbsp;a html checkbox &nbsp;<BR> &gt; such that when it is clicked, a perl subroutine is calle
d.<BR> &gt; &nbsp;<BR>&gt; I know that I can call a javascript function when&nbsp;a checkbox 
is &nbsp;<BR> &gt; clicked in the following way:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; print "&lt;input type='check
box' name='check' value='checkbox' &nbsp;<BR> &gt; onClick='javascriptfn();'&gt;";<BR>&gt;<BR
> &gt; But how can I use the same checkbox to call a perl subroutine?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Any kin
d of guidance would be really appreciated.<BR> &gt;<BR>&gt; thanks<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; dhivya ara
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