Fellow Monks,
I am tring to use the Win32::API module, but without success. Here's the code:
#!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/De
+sktop/dver_1.3/fileversion.dll", "GetFileVersionTxt", 'PP','I');

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

#Call the function in the dll
$ApiObject->Call($filename,$output);

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

print "\$final - $final";

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I am using activestate perl (v5.8.3) on windows 2000, when I try to run this script from the command line I get the message:
Program Error
Perl.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will 
+need to restart the program.
An error log is being created.

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Any pointers as to what I'm doing wrong here would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan

In reply to Win32::API giving a program error by Anonymous Monk

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