calling javascript file

[gregaug]

hello,

How do I call a javascript file from perl? The file is purely javascript (.js), so it has syntax problems when read as a perl file. The perl file is in the same folder as the javascript file (called script01.js). Thanks for any help.

 

[KevinADC]

you probably shouldn't be calling a javascript file from a perl script, you should be calling the javascript file from the html document it's associated with. Why do you need to call a javascript from a perl script? Do you just want to print the javascript into some html output?

 

[gregaug]

The javascript has a calendar function that I want to use to populate a date field. There is no html file associated with the javascript, only a perl file is used to generate html.

 

[KevinADC]

well, javascript is executed by a browser, perl can't execute javascript. There is a module though that I think can run javascript, but I have no experience with it:

http://search.cpan.org/~claesjac/JavaScript-0.55/JavaScript.pod

 

[KevinADC]

there are also many date functions/modules written in perl you could probably use instead of the javascript file.