redirect and open a new browser window in cgi

[SPrelewicz]

i want to do the following. Call a cgi from a form, process and redirect to the referer page. I can do this fine. However, I want to open a new browser window as a confirmation the form was processed? How can I do this with Perl?

Thanks,

Scott

 

[Coderifous]

you can't do this with perl, becuase perl is server side and you need the client to do something. How to make the client (browser) jump through hoops? JavaScript.

--jim

 

[SPrelewicz]

Thank you for the quick reply.

Okay, cool. So then, before I issue my redirect how can I run the JavaScript from inside the Perl automatically?

 

[SPrelewicz]

I should have aded....or can't I?

 

[Coderifous]

You can (instead of a redirect) have your CGI generate a blank html page that pops up a javascript window, and does a http-equiv refresh immediately. This will have the same effect as a redirect, but allow to you send content first.

See this link:

http://www.desilva.biz/webdsn/refresh.html

--jim