dim fs,fname Set fs = New FileSystemObject Set fname = fs.CreateTextFile("D:\vb\perlprog.txt", True) fname.WriteLine ("#!/usr/bin/perl -w") fname.WriteLine ("use strict;") . . . fname.WriteLine ("my $t = Net::Telnet->new(Host => $ipad, PORT => '23' , Timeout => 10 , Errmode => 'return');") . . .