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The server stub provides surrogate entry points on the server for each of the operations defined in the input IDL file.
When a server stub routine is invoked by the RPC run-time library, it performs the following functions:
- Unmarshals input arguments (unpacks the arguments from their transmitted formats).
- Calls the actual implementation of the procedure on the server.
- Marshals output arguments (packages the arguments into the transmitted forms).
The MIDL compiler switches /server, /sstub, and /out affect the server stub file.
Additional resources
Documentation
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Files Generated for an RPC Interface - Win32 apps
The MIDL compiler generates the C-language stub and header files necessary to create the interface between the client application and the server application.
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The client stub module provides surrogate entry points on the client for each of the operations defined in the input IDL file.
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The header file contains definitions of all data types and operations declared in the IDL file, as well as all data types and operations declared in the files included with the \ include directive.