Well, I've corrected the script per your very kind suggestions (and I thank you for it), and it now is as follows:

#!/www/perl/bin/perl.exe
#
# filednload.pl
#
# File Download Utility
#
use CGI;
use strict "vars";

my $cgiobject = new CGI;
my $filename = $cgiobject->param('filename');
my $dnloaddir = $cgiobject->param('filedir');
my $movecode = $cgiobject->param('movecode');
my $usrcod = $cgiobject->param('usrcod');
my $passwd = $cgiobject->param('passwd');
my $userselect = $cgiobject->param('userselect');
my $filekey = $cgiobject->param('filekey');
my $server=$ENV{'SERVER_NAME'};
my $browser=$ENV{'HTTP_USER_AGENT'};
my $fileroot=$ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'};
my $program = "DBXDND";
my $origpath =  $fileroot . "/" . $movecode . "/" . $filename;
my $flsiz = -s $origpath;

print "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\n";
print "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$origpath\n";
print "Content-Length: $flsiz\n";

open (DLFILE,"<$origpath") or die("cannot open file ");
binmode DLFILE;
binmode STDOUT;
my $buffer = '';
while(read(DLFILE,$buffer,1024)) { print $buffer; }
close DLFILE;

my $fileout=$fileroot . "/Temp/" . $usrcod . ".txt";
open (USER,">$fileout");
print USER "USRCOD=" . $usrcod . "\n";
print USER "PASSWD=" . $passwd . "\n";
print USER "BROWSER=" . $browser . "\n";
print USER "PROGRAM=" . $program . "\n";
print USER "FILENAME=" . $filename . "\n";
print USER "SERVER=" . $server . "\n";
print USER "DNLDDIR=" . $dnloaddir . "\n";
print USER "DNLDFILE=" . $filename . "\n";
print USER "DNLDPATH=" . $origpath . "\n";
print USER "MOVECODE=" . $movecode . "\n";
print USER "USERSELECT=". $userselect . "\n";
print USER "FILEKEY=". $filekey . "\n";
close USER;

print $cgiobject->redirect("http://" . $server . "/cgi/cgi.exe?usrcod=
+" . $usrcod);
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I've also noted the following in the Apache error log:
malformed header from script. Bad header=PK\x03\x04: filednload.pl, referer: http://dropbox.fotokem.com/test.html

Now the REALLY weird thing is that "PK\x03\x04" are the first characters (the header) of a .zip file.

Am I beginning to lose my marbles, or should I just go home and have a quiet night with a bottle of J.D.????

Anton...