NAME "CGI::Echo" - Echo form data to test form design. Synopsis This is complete, tested program: #!/usr/bin/perl -wT use lib '.'; use strict; use CGI; use CGI::Echo; # ----------------------------------------------- my($q) = CGI -> new(); CGI::Echo -> new(q => $q) -> print(); Description This module accepts form data, cleans it, and echos it. It is designed for a HTML/CGI student enviroment. It lets, indeed encourages, students to design forms and gives their long-suffering instructors a simple way to provide a CGI script which accepts the form data, and just echos it. Distributions This module is available both as a Unix-style distro (*.tgz) and an ActiveState-style distro (*.ppd). The latter is shipped in a *.zip file. See http://savage.net.au/Perl-modules/html/installing-a-module.html for help on unpacking and installing each type of distro. Usage See the synopsis. Options Here, in alphabetical order, are the options accepted by the constructor, together with their default values. css => '' This is the name of a CSS file which makes the sample form and the echoed data look pretty. See examples/default.css for a sample CSS file. q => '' This is the CGI object used by "CGI::Echo" to do the work. title => 'Echo Test' This is the text used in the page title and as a heading when the form data is echoed. Methods new(%arg): The constructor See the previous section for details. print(%arg): Display the form data Call this to output a table containing the form data. print(%arg) takes the same parameters as new(). set(%arg): Set class member options Call this to set options after calling new(). set(%arg) takes the same parameters as new(). A Sample Form The synopsis in Echo.pm contains the only script you'll need. You'll find the code in examples/echo.cgi. A sample form, examples/test-echo.html, is shipped to bootstrap the design process. Author "CGI::Echo" was written by Ron Savage ** in 2002. Home page: http://savage.net.au/index.html Copyright Austrlian copyright (c) 2002, Ron Savage. All rights reserved. All Programs of mine are 'OSI Certified Open Source Software'; you can redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of The Artistic License, a copy of which is available at: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.html