CGI::AppBuilder::Header - Configuration initializer

  use CGI::AppBuilder::Header;

  my $ab = CGI::AppBuilder::Header->new(
     'ifn', 'my_init.cfg', 'opt', 'vhS:a:');
  my ($q, $ar, $ar_log) = $ab->start_app($0, \%ARGV);
  print $ab->disp_form($q, $ar); 

This class provides methods for reading and parsing configuration files.

This is a inherited method from CGI::AppBuilder. See the same method in CGI::AppBuilder for more details.

Input variables:

  $q    - CGI object
  $ar   - array ref for parameters

Variables used or routines called:

  Debug::EchoMessage
    echo_msg - echo messages
    set_param - get a parameter from hash array

How to use:

  my $ifn = 'myConfig.ini';
  my ($q,$ar) = $s->get_inputs($ifn);
  my $hrf = $self->build_html_header($q, $ar);

Return: hash array or array ref

This method performs the following tasks:

  1) check the following parameters: page_title, page_style,
     page_meta, page_author, page_target, js_src,
  2) writes log records to log files
  3) close database connection if it finds DB handler in {dbh}

* Version 0.10

This version extracts the disp_form method from CGI::Getopt class.

  0.11 Inherited the new constructor from CGI::AppBuilder.

* Version 0.20

Copyright (c) 2005 Hanming Tu. All rights reserved.

This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)