Trying to avoid Windows at nearly any cost for the last, oh, 10 years now, all I can ask is whether you're compiling in C or C++ mode, and, if C++, try in C mode, or just simply put 'extern "C"' in front of your function name: 

extern "C" int PerlTest(int a)
{
  return a+1;
}

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Just a WAG, but I offer it in the off-chance that this is the problem. Last I recall, MSVC defaulted to C++ mode for compiling C code, but I could easily be misremembering, and they could have easily changed the default, or both. :-)

In reply to Re: Help avoiding exception in Win32::API ? by Tanktalus
in thread Help avoiding exception in Win32::API ? by jimbojones

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