I have noticed that my Shell function can only run a program without any arguments. I've tested it with many samples already but I can't find any which can run with arguments. How to do it? example, if i were to type in the command line... i use something like c:\.....\..\perl test.pl 2 02/03/2003 14:15:27 3 80 so, s u can c, i've got 5 arg being passed(2 ,02/03/2003 ,14:15:27, 3 ,80 ).This can work. But when I want to use the Shell function to run the program in the same manner, it doesn't. How am I to get about doing this.? pls help.