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You would have to use javascript (or any other client side code) to create a script that would either show/hide or create the textarea document when clicking on the button. The chaps at forum216 would be better to advise you on the script.
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You could use a Perl script. Set the form containing the button action to the perl script (i.e. textarea.pl). And the perl just prints a text area. To have it come up below you would want to use an iframe, so you would also have to set the buttons target to the iframe.
The perl script would look something like this... Save this file as textarea.pl and set permissions to chmod 755.
#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use CGI ':standard';
print LOG<<"HTML code";
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>Display Textarea</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<form method="POST" action="xxx">
<p><textarea rows="2" name="textarea" cols="20">Text here</textarea></p>
</form>
</BODY></HTML>
HTML code
And your html page with the button which opens the text area would be something like this
<html>
<head>
<title>XXX</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" action="textarea.pl target="frame">
<p><input type="button" value="Open Text Area" name="B1"></p>
</form>
<iframe src ="initial_iframe_page.htm" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="no" name="frame"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
The perl script would look something like this... Save this file as textarea.pl and set permissions to chmod 755.
#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use CGI ':standard';
print LOG<<"HTML code";
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>Display Textarea</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<form method="POST" action="xxx">
<p><textarea rows="2" name="textarea" cols="20">Text here</textarea></p>
</form>
</BODY></HTML>
HTML code
And your html page with the button which opens the text area would be something like this
<html>
<head>
<title>XXX</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" action="textarea.pl target="frame">
<p><input type="button" value="Open Text Area" name="B1"></p>
</form>
<iframe src ="initial_iframe_page.htm" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="no" name="frame"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
Using Perl and an iframe seems like over engineering to me. I'd say that the javascript approach would seem like a much better/easier option.
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Yes probably, just perl is very compatible with HTML. The only issue I see is the perl script must be placed in a separate document. The option of removing the iframe is quite simple, by completing all processes in one script, including printing the HTML template using the script
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