my $final = qx("cscript out2.vbs"); print STDOUT "Final: $final\n"; #### my $final2 = system("cscript out2.vbs"); print STDOUT "Final2: $final2\n"; #### Dim num1, num2, final, str num1 = 30 num2 = 50 str = "Final Value: " final = num1*num2 'MSGBOX str & final WScript.Quit(final) 'Wscript.Echo final