i wrote a very short apple script and macperl won't exicute it i get the following error. can't find string terminator "convert" anywhere before EOF script looks like so... &MacPerl'DoAppleScript(<<convert); tell application "clip2gif" activate open {file "johnny:Desktop Folder:joe.pict"} with batch conversion end tell convert has this been expained in the past?? Eric M. Mosher Champaign Illinois