Executing a command from the dos shell using the before subr

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Hello all,

I am trying to use the before job subroutine ExecDOS to run a perl script to tidy up an input file prior to processing it. I get the following error
message:

pabx.BeforeJob (ExecDOS): Error when executing command: perl C:perlscriptsPABX_to_csv.pl
*** Output from command was: ***
perl is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I try writing a batch file test, which contains perl C:perlscriptsPABX_to_csv.pl and I get the following error message:

pabx.BeforeJob (ExecDOS): Error when executing command: "test.bat"
*** Output from command was: ***
pabx.bat is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Anyone have any ideas why the command is not recognised?

Thanks in advance,

Simon Vollett