#!usr/bin/perl

use Win32::API;

my $filename="C:\\Program Files\\America Online 9.0g\\aol.exe";

my $apiobject = new Win32::API("C:\\Documents and Settings\\Mdaviesie\\Desktop\\dver_1.3\\fileversion.dll", "GetFileVersionTxt", 'PP','I') or die "Failed to acquire API: $^E";

#Set some memory aside for the returned value
my $string="\x00" x 1024;

#Call the function in the dll
$apiobject->Call($filename,$string)| die "died at line 16";

#Remove the unused padding in the string
my ($final) = $string =~/(.*?)\x00/;

print "\$final - $final";