PerlCOMLib.PerlCOMClass Perl = new PerlCOMLib.PerlCOMClass(); Perl.EvalScript ("sub test{ return 1;};"); Type t = Perl.GetType(); Object ret = null; try { t.InvokeMember( "test", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, ret, null); // print the result textBoxResult.Text = ret.ToString() ; } catch (System.MissingMethodException mme) { // print the result textBoxResult.Text = mme.ToString() ; }