[htmltmpl] RFC:- HTML::Template::Dropdown::Date

[Carl F. <htm...@fi...>]

I know that the HTML::Template docs FAQ answers "What's the best way 
to create a <select> form element using HTML::Template" with 'use CGI'.
However, I prefer to do it 'the other way'.

I've created a module to help create the loop arrays for date/time 
menus and am requesting feedback on a suitable module name.

Below is a very short example of use.
The source is at http://www.fireartist.com/temp/source.txt .
The pod is at http://www.fireartist.com/temp/pod.html .

I've already created a full, working test suite.
I recognise that I need to work on the pod a bit.

### TEMPLATE ###

<select name="startDay">
  <TMPL_LOOP startDay>
    <option value="<TMPL_VAR value>" <TMPL_VAR selected>>
    <TMPL_VAR label></option>
  </TMPL_LOOP>
</select>

### PROGRAM ###

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI ':cgi';
use HTML::Template;
use HTML::Template::Dropdown::Date;

my $template = HTML::Template->new(filename => 'dates.tmpl');

my $start = HTML::Template::Dropdown::Date->new 
  ( date      => '2004-04-01',
    lessYears => 2,
    plusYears => 0 );

$template->param (startDay => $start->dayMenu());

print header(),
      $template->output();

###

Thanks,
Carl Franks