How to run Perl script from vb exe

I am trying to run perl script from vb using shell object. it opens aDOS window andshows me the path to Bin directory and dosent do anything. any suggestions??

Split function

Forwarded on behalf of Moshe: I would like to know if this is OK? @array = split(/(--|;)/,$var); I would like to split on either a double dash or a semi colon with one split using ( | ). Is that viable, or do I have to test for either one, and split accordingly. Thanks. A friend of Mangesh