A software supplier has data packed into a set of files whos format is unpublished. In order to access this data a set of .DLL files with an example VB program is provided. This seems a reasonable way to do things: here's an arbitary data format that I may change so access it with this API whose interface I'll keep constant for you. It just isn't cross platform.

Alas I know little to nothing about Win32 programming or VB, though reading the example sub declarations does leave me with a decent understanding of the input and output.

I need to be able to access some of the data in these data files on *nix, specfically Linux. The app that needs this data is in perl. Is there a way from perl on a non Win32 system that I can use the API in the DLLs?

I've done some searching and reading and found the Win32::API which looks like the right tool for the job maybe? But I gather this only works on Win32 perl since I don't seem to be able to install it on a linux system?

Are there any option available to me or am I stuck on Win32?

In reply to Can I use Win32 DLLs on *nix perl? by drewhead

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