use Win32::Process; use Win32; sub ErrorReport{ print Win32::FormatMessage( Win32::GetLastError() ); } Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj, "C:\\Perl\\bin\\perl.exe", "perl Temp.pl", 0, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, ".")|| die ErrorReport(); $state = 1; while( ) { if( $state ) { $$ProcessObj->Suspend(); $state = 0; } else { $$ProcessObj->Resume(); $state = 1; } }