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Can anyone tell me where I can find some good example of how to use FORMAT in perl to control printer output? I have gone through the o'reilly series and need some better examples.

Haunter, Thanks for your input, actually incrementing the variable is not the problem. The problem is assigning that value to a new record when it is written. I need to get the value of the refNum in the last record of the file, increment it, assign the new refNum value to an new record...

I have a flat file that I am using as a database currently it contains 7 records with 9 fields per record. the first field is refNum. the records are stored as standard input. What I want to do is to increment refNum by 1 automaticly when a new record is added. Logically I know that I have...

Starway, Thank you! I had to make one adjustment. The way you wrote it allowed the form to submit with no input. I changed => if ((csfOs=="") && (itok1=="false")) to =>if((csfOs=="") &&(!itok1)) with this change an answer must be given in order for the form to...

Thanks for the input Keith, However; I would still have to validate that the text area is populated. I've tried several veriations of "if" statements. I either get a syntax error, or the validation out right fails.

Hi I have a form with a question that must be answered Before the form is submitted. There are 4 possible answers to the question 3 radio buttons and 1 text field. If none of the radio buttons are selected then the text field must be populated BEFORE the form can be submitted. validating...