" . "\\test.txt\0"), FILE_READ_DATA, 0, [], OPEN_EXISTING, 0, []); my $perl_handle = 0; #This translates the win32 file handle to a Perl file handle Win32API::File::OsFHandleOpen($perl_handle, $win32_handle, "r"); print <$perl_handle>; if ($^E) { print "Error: " . $^E }