use Inline C => Config =>
    LIBS => '-usbi2cio.lib',
    BUILD_NOISY => 1;
use Inline C => << 'END_C';

#include <windows.h>
#include "Usbi2cio.h"

void greet() {
    HANDLE h = DAPI_OpenDeviceInstance("UsbI2cIo", 0);

    printf("Hello, world\n");
}
END_C

greet;

##</code><code>##

validate Stage
Starting Build Preprocess Stage
get_maps Stage
Finished Build Preprocess Stage

Starting Build Parse Stage
Finished Build Parse Stage

Starting Build Glue 1 Stage
Finished Build Glue 1 Stage

Starting Build Glue 2 Stage
Finished Build Glue 2 Stage

Starting Build Glue 3 Stage
Finished Build Glue 3 Stage

Starting Build Compile Stage
  Starting "perl Makefile.PL" Stage
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -usbi2cio.lib
Writing Makefile for inline_c_pl_c65f
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
  Finished "perl Makefile.PL" Stage

  Starting "make" Stage

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.21022.08
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp  -typemap "C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap"  i
nline_c_pl_c65f.xs > inline_c_pl_c65f.xsc && C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e mv -- inlin
e_c_pl_c65f.xsc inline_c_pl_c65f.c
        cl -c  -I"C:/sandbox"  -nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -
DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO
-D_USE_32BIT_TIME_T -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1    -DVERSION=\"0.00\"  -DXS_VERSION=\"0.00\"  "-IC:\Perl\li
b\CORE"   inline_c_pl_c65f.c
inline_c_pl_c65f.c
Running Mkbootstrap for inline_c_pl_c65f ()
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod -- 644 inline_c_pl_c65f.bs
        C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Mksymlists  -e "Mksymlists('NAME'=>\"inline_c_pl_c65f\", 'D
LBASE' => 'inline_c_pl_c65f', 'DL_FUNCS' => {  }, 'FUNCLIST' => [], 'IMPORTS' => {  }, 'DL_VARS' =>
[]);"
        link -out:blib\arch\auto\inline_c_pl_c65f\inline_c_pl_c65f.dll -dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -d
ebug -opt:ref,icf  -libpath:"C:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -machine:x86 inline_c_pl_c65f.obj   C:\Perl\lib\CORE
\perl516.lib "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\LIB\oldnames.lib" "C:\Program Files\Mi
crosoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\kernel32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\user
32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\gdi32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SD
Ks\Windows\v6.0A\lib\winspool.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\comdlg32.lib"
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\advapi32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Wi
ndows\v6.0A\lib\shell32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\ole32.lib" "C:\Progr
am Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\oleaut32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.
0A\lib\netapi32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\uuid.lib" "C:\Program Files\
Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\ws2_32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\mpr.
lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\winmm.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\
Windows\v6.0A\lib\version.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\odbc32.lib" "C:\Pr
ogram Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\odbccp32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\
v6.0A\lib\comctl32.lib" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\LIB\msvcrt.lib" -def:inline
_c_pl_c65f.def
   Creating library blib\arch\auto\inline_c_pl_c65f\inline_c_pl_c65f.lib and object blib\arch\auto\i
nline_c_pl_c65f\inline_c_pl_c65f.exp
inline_c_pl_c65f.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _DAPI_OpenDeviceInstance@8 referenc
ed in function _greet
blib\arch\auto\inline_c_pl_c65f\inline_c_pl_c65f.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\link.EXE"' : return
 code '0x460'
Stop.

A problem was encountered while attempting to compile and install your Inline
C code. The command that failed was:
  C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe

The build directory was:
C:\sandbox\_Inline\build\inline_c_pl_c65f

To debug the problem, cd to the build directory, and inspect the output files.

 at C:\sandbox\inline_c.pl line 4.
        ...propagated at C:/Perl/site/lib/Inline/C.pm line 772.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\sandbox\inline_c.pl line 14.

##</code><code>##

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 16 subversion 3) configuration:

  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.2, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname=''
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DPERL_TE
XTMODE_SCRIPTS -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -D_USE_3
2BIT_TIME_T',
    optimize='-MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='15.0.21022', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__int64', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf  -libpath:"C:\Perl\lib\CORE"  -ma
chine:x86'
    libpth=\lib
    libs=oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib  comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shel
l32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uuid.lib ws2_32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib odbc
32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib msvcrt.lib
    perllibs=oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib  comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib
shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib  netapi32.lib uuid.lib ws2_32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib
odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib comctl32.lib msvcrt.lib
    libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=perl516.lib
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf  -libpath:"C:\Perl\lib
\CORE"  -machine:x86'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: HAS_TIMES HAVE_INTERP_INTERN MULTIPLICITY
                        PERLIO_LAYERS PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC
                        USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_LOCALE
                        USE_LOCALE_COLLATE USE_LOCALE_CTYPE
                        USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF
                        USE_SITECUSTOMIZE
  Locally applied patches:
        ActivePerl Build 1603 [296746]
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Mar 13 2013 11:29:21
  @INC:
    C:/Perl/site/lib
    C:/Perl/lib
    .