Hello everyone, Thanks for the advice I alredy did load DOM for windows.I have installed perl in C:\perl directory. 1. I Created a folder for the perl progs inside perl folder. 2.stored a simple helloworld program (hello.pl)in this . 3.When i run the program with C:/perl/PerlPrgs> perl -w hello.pl 4.the prog is not printing anything on the console. 5.says press any key to continue. what is wrong is there a specific place where I should store & compile the progs? Thanks in advance. Leela _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activeperl