#synopsis use Win32::MCI::Basic; my $lpszCommand = "status cdaudio number of tracks"; # example MCI command my ($APICallReturnValue, $lpszReturnString) = mciSendString($lpszCommand); print "Number of tracks: $lpszReturnString\n"; my $lpszErrorText = mciGetErrorString($ReturnValue); print "Error: $lpszErrorText\n";