With Win32::API, the "P" type specification should only be used for passing in or getting back a copy of a "\0"-terminated string. If you want to pass in a pointer to a buffer like you've done, then you should use the "I" type specification and build an integer from the pointer to the buffer: 

my $transbar= "\0" x 66;
my $pTransbar= unpack "I", pack "P", $transbar;
my $rc= $dll->C­all( $track­, $route, $pTransbar );
$transbar =~ s/\0.*$//;
print "$transbar \n";

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Yes, this makes the choice of "P" as in "pointer" quite unfortunate, but just think of it as having been done by somebody with very little imagination as to what a "pointer" might be.

- tye        

In reply to Re: WIN32-API Purgetory (P!=pointer) by tye
in thread WIN32-API Purgetory by jkretlow

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