[dev] Passing variables to *.pm files

HI - I am having a problem getting variables from my html templates to the .pm files. For instance, I created a hidden input in AgentClose.dtl and I can't get the variable to show up in the AgentClose.pm file. I wrote a if statement that prints an error if the variable is there and nothing happens. When I change the if statement to check for a hidden input that is already in the dtl file, it throws the error. What am i missing???? I killed my session, and re logged in and nothing changes. Mark W.