Can't Display textbox label embedded in perl

xhoster · May 15, 2006

dd007 said:
When i try to do following, i am not able to see the label of the
textbox , any idea why??

Text input elements do not (AFAICT) have the label attribute. So there is
no such thing as *the* label of a text box. Of course, you can print a bit
of html that will be rendered next to the textbox, but you are not doing
that.

I can see the textbox, but no label..
I am using apache webserver on Linux machine and also running this
script on the same linux machine.

This is an html problem, not a Perl problem. It makes no difference that
you use Perl to generate the bad html, or what server you use to serve it.

Xho

dd007 · May 15, 2006

When i try to do following, i am not able to see the label of the
textbox

, any idea why??
I can see the textbox, but no label..
I am using apache webserver on Linux machine and also running this
script on the same linux machine.

print <<HTMLPAGE;
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>some title</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000">
<form method="POST" action="http://localhost/cgi-bin/someperl.pl">
<p> </p>
<p> </p>

<table border="1" width="54%" id="table1">

   

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
</table>
<p> <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1"><input
type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2"><input type="button" value="Back"
onClick="history.go(-1);"></p>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>
HTMLPAGE

A. Sinan Unur · May 15, 2006

I can see the textbox, but no label..

What label? There is no label in the HTML below.

I am using apache webserver on Linux machine and also running this
script on the same linux machine.

What makes you think this has anything to do with Perl?

<td> <input type="text" name=$var1
size="20" value=$var2

What is in $var1 and $var2?

Sinan

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dd007 · May 15, 2006

Thank you for your reply.

$var1 and $var2 are variables initialized earlier in the perl script.
I also have tried just a simple textbox embedded in perl in above code
with the following :

<input type="text" name="Some Textbox" size="20" value="some value">

And I don't get the label "Some textbox" displayed but I do see a box
with "some value" displayed inside. I tried viewing the html source
from the browser, and it shows correctly

<input type="text" name="Some Textbox" size="20" value="some value">

but the problem is I can not see the textbox label on the browser.

If I just create an HTML page with a textbox lable and a box, it
displays just fine. But when I embed it in a perl script, I can't see
the label.

I would really appreciate if someone can point why I am not able to
display correctly.

Thanks
dd

dd007 · May 15, 2006

I meant the name of the textbox as label, since it is displayed in
front of the textbox...

DJ Stunks · May 15, 2006

dd007 said:
Thank you for your reply.

who are you thanking?? you've posted more than one or two times to
this group - it's high time you learned how to post PROPERLY! Read the
Posting Guidelines which are posted here every other week.

<input type="text" name="Some Textbox" size="20" value="some value">

And I don't get the label "Some textbox" displayed but I do see a box
with "some value" displayed inside. I tried viewing the html source
from the browser, and it shows correctly

<input type="text" name="Some Textbox" size="20" value="some value">

but the problem is I can not see the textbox label on the browser.

you need to learn how HTML forms work. Your current understanding of
what the "name" attribute does is incorrect.

-jp

PS - Read the posting guidelines yet?? I'm sure a couple more posts
using your current posting style will ensure you're killfiled by the
majority of the list members...

A. Sinan Unur · May 15, 2006

Thank you for your reply.

Who are you thanking.

<input type="text" name="Some Textbox" size="20" value="some value">

And I don't get the label "Some textbox" displayed but I do see a box
with "some value" displayed inside.

Learn some HTML.

Post in the correct group.

Sinan
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l v · May 15, 2006

dd007 said:
When i try to do following, i am not able to see the label of the
textbox , any idea why??
I can see the textbox, but no label..
I am using apache webserver on Linux machine and also running this
script on the same linux machine.

print <<HTMLPAGE;
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>some title</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000">
<form method="POST" action="http://localhost/cgi-bin/someperl.pl">
<p> </p>
<p> </p>

<table border="1" width="54%" id="table1">
<tr>

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
</table>
<p> <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1"><input
type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2"><input type="button" value="Back"
onClick="history.go(-1);"></p>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>
HTMLPAGE

What happens when you surround HTMLPAGE with double-quotes?

print <<"HTMLPAGE";

DJ Stunks · May 15, 2006

l said:
What happens when you surround HTMLPAGE with double-quotes?

print <<"HTMLPAGE";

here-docs interpolate by default if quotes are not supplied.

-jp

dd007 · May 15, 2006

What happens when you surround HTMLPAGE with double-quotes?

print <<"HTMLPAGE"

I tried
print <<"HTMLPAGE"
..
..
..
</HTML>
"HTMLPAGE "

and am getting error:
Can't find string terminator "HTMLPAGE" anywhere before EOF.

dd007 · May 15, 2006

PS - Read the posting guidelines yet?? I'm sure a couple more posts

using your current posting style will ensure you're killfiled by the
majority of the list members...

jp:
Thanks for your suggestion, I will try to improve.

l v · May 15, 2006

DJ said:
here-docs interpolate by default if quotes are not supplied.

-jp

eh, I knew that

-- oops *sorry*. My habit of putting on the
double-quotes, made me forget that.

l v · May 15, 2006

dd007 said:
I tried
print <<"HTMLPAGE"
.
.
.
</HTML>
"HTMLPAGE "

and am getting error:
Can't find string terminator "HTMLPAGE" anywhere before EOF.

As "DJ Stunks" pointed out, my suggestion will not solve your HTML
problem. However, you made extra modifications to your code than what I
suggested. Just the print was to have the double quotes, not the string
terminator.

print <<"HTMLPAGE";
..
..
..
</HTML>
HTMLPAGE

The problem you are experiencing is unrelated to Perl but appears to be
your understanding of HTML syntax.

DJ Stunks · May 15, 2006

l said:
eh, I knew that -- oops *sorry*. My habit of putting on the
double-quotes, made me forget that.

it's a good habit to get into - as Pastor Conway says, it's better to
be clear than rely on default behavior.

-jp

DJ Stunks · May 15, 2006

dd007 said:
jp:
Thanks for your suggestion, I will try to improve.

You're getting better, but don't discard attributions. That means make
sure you keep who said what in addition to what they actually said.

-jp

dd007 · May 15, 2006

As "DJ Stunks" pointed out, my suggestion will not solve your HTML

problem. However, you made extra modifications to your code than what I
suggested. Just the print was to have the double quotes, not the string
terminator.

print <<"HTMLPAGE";
.
.
.
</HTML>
HTMLPAGE

The problem you are experiencing is unrelated to Perl but appears to be
your understanding of HTML syntax.

Len:
Thank you for the clarification.
i tried what you have suggested, and it's still the same..

dd007 · May 15, 2006

You're getting better, but don't discard attributions. That means make

sure you keep who said what in addition to what they actually said.

jp:
Thank you

ok, I will.

Guest · May 15, 2006

: And I don't get the label "Some textbox" displayed but I do see a box
: with "some value" displayed inside. I tried viewing the html source
: from the browser, and it shows correctly

: <input type="text" name="Some Textbox" size="20" value="some value">

: but the problem is I can not see the textbox label on the browser.

Of course you don't. Consult a reference; "label" != "displayed name".

Oliver.

A. Sinan Unur · May 15, 2006

jp:
Thank you
ok, I will.

But you are not following Stunks' advice!

Sinan
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dd007 · May 15, 2006

: And I don't get the label "Some textbox" displayed but I do see a box

: with "some value" displayed inside. I tried viewing the html source
: from the browser, and it shows correctly

: <input type="text" name="Some Textbox" size="20" value="some value">

: but the problem is I can not see the textbox label on the browser.

Of course you don't. Consult a reference; "label" != "displayed name".

Oliver.

Oliver:
Thank you for the tip, I think, I could resolve with this tip.

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