__declspec(dllimport) myTable myTableCreate();

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Are you sure that that is myTable and not myTable *?

void * is a char * in Win32 API because of bad grandfathered design decisions. If you want a C void * in Win32 API use UINT_PTR instead. UINT_PTR is a pointer sized integer, not a pointer to a integer in C and Win32 API. 

my $CreateTable = new Win32::API("myDll.dll","myTable myTable Create()
+");

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I think "myTable myTable" is a typo and "Create()" is a type, you said earlier the function is called myTableCreate. In any case, you can't return a Win32::API::Struct as the return value since its not implemented (see https://github.com/bulk88/perl5-win32-api/blob/master/API.xs#L767 and https://github.com/bulk88/perl5-win32-api/blob/master/API.pm#L287 ), hmm, that fact is not in the pod, I better fix that. 
my $LoadTableFromFile = new Win32::API("myDll.dll","int myTableLoadFro
+mFile(char const* filename, LPMyTable pointToMyTable)")

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Get rid of the const. It wont parse for sure. Try replacing LpMyTable with LPHANDLE, or upgrading to my version of Win32::API if you want a less quirky struct system, https://github.com/bulk88/perl5-win32-api . Reread the pod in my version also. 
__declspec(dllimport) enum myStatus myTableLoadFromFile(char const* fi
+lename, MyTable* pointToMyTable);

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enums won't parse and are not supported by Win32 API. Change "enum myStatus" to an int (I think you already did that), and write some perl code, maybe as a hash, to decode the int to an english identifier. Also get rid of __declspec(dllimport), that won't parse either. As nice as Win32 API's C prototype parsing system sounds https://github.com/bulk88/perl5-win32-api/blob/master/API.pm#L417, it is nowhere near what a real C compiler will parse, improve it if you can ( I couldn't ), the info you need is here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ttt561z3.

I think your fudging/anonymizing your API to the point where I can't understand it. My final question is, why are you using the myTable struct instead of a UINT_PTR */LPHANDLE? is myTable something you invented to emulate void ** or myTable is from your C API's headers? does myTable have other secret members after member opaque? Does "myTable myTableCreate();" really return a "myTable" and not a "myTable *"?

In reply to Re: WIN32::API and void* by bulk88
in thread WIN32::API and void* by sgv_81

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