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10.7. CGI.pm Reference

The following methods are supported by CGI.pm.

end_html

print $query->end_html(  )

Ends an HTML document.

filefield

print $query->filefield('name' [,'default',size,maxlength ])

Generates a file upload field for Netscape browsers.

name
The filename to assign the supplied file contents to (required)

default
The initial value (filename) to place in the text field

size
The size of the text field (in characters)

maxlength
The maximum length of the text field (in characters)

Using named parameters, the syntax is:

print $query->textfield(-name=>'name',
                        -default=>'value',
                        -size=>size,
                        -maxlength=>maxlength,
                        -override=>1,
                        -onChange=>function,
                        -onFocus=>function,
                        -onBlur=>function,
                        -onSelect=>function);
-override=>1
Text field should not inherit its value from a previous invocation of the script

-onChange=>function
Browser should execute function when the user changes the text field

-onFocus=>function
Browser should execute function when the focus is on the text field

-onBlur=>function
Browser should execute function when the focus leaves the text field

-onSelect=>function
Browser should execute function when the user changes a selected portion of the text field

keywords

@keyarray = $query->keywords(  )

Retrieves keywords from an <ISINDEX> search.

@keyarray
The array that will contain the retrieved keywords



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