[cgiapp] Hidden variable or Query String or Form for run mode access?

[Kasturirangan Rangaswamy <suppressed>]

Hi,

    I am sequentially accessing 4 run modes. 

    At each run mode, I give the user a screen, perform some
validations and move on to the next mode(screen).
    The screens are displayed using HTML::Template

    I am declaring a hidden HTML variable in each screen as follows

    <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME='rm' VALUE='<TMPL_VAR
NAME='run_mode_value'>'>

    and am setting it's value in my Perl subroutine.

    Now, I actually constructed a 'Continue' link on each screen to
move to the next one like so:

    <a href="">Continue</a>

    and find that this overrides the mode-setting thats happening in my
Perl program. So inspite of my specifying a 
    mode in my sub, on clicking Continue, I am still taken to whatever
place the href="" takes me to.

    a. Now, I know I could call my instance script and pass it the
mode-param variable along with an appropriate value
       but I dont like the idea of a query string on my browser address
line.

    b. Also, I have not been using forms and dont want to if I can get
away with that!. So 'POST' is not an option either.

    Question is, if (a) and (b) are excluded, is any other way possible
for me to use 'Continue' (as a link) and a hidden
    variable to move to the next mode. Is there something in that HREF
link I may be missing?

    Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Sharad


   


		
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