use Win32::API qw( ); my $register_client2 = Win32::API->new( $S{DLL_path}, 'RegisterClient2', 'PP', 'I', ); sub register_client2 { my $ip = $_[1]; my $id = pack('l', 0); # Allocate space my $rv = $register_client2->Call($id, $ip); $_[0] = unpack('l', $id); return $rv; } register_client2(my $id, $ip) or die;