Here is my code: 
use Win32::API;
#setup DLL
$PGetAddress = Win32::API->new('IBKGetAddress2.dll', 'GetAddress', 'PP
+', 'P');
if(not defined $PGetAddress) 
{
    die "Can't import API : $!\n";
}

$Address="419 w 154";
$ZipCode="10032";

$return=$PGetAddress->Call($Address,$ZipCode)||die "Can't run API $!\n
+";;

print "Output: $return\n"; 
print "Output Length: ".length($return)."\n";

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Runing AS Perl 5.8.6.
The return from the VB DLL is a 1000 character string with a valid US Postal address. However I can only read the first letter of the return string. Do I need to Pack and Unpack? Not sure how to continue. Thanks for the help.

In reply to Win32::API returns 1 character when reading a VB DLL by rpnoble

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