How to invoke NdrClientCall2() function directly?

Question

Does anybody know how the NdrClientCall2() function in rpcrt4.dll can be called in code or how it can be used?

We've gone through the MSDN help - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa374215(VS.85).aspx,

but didn't get any examples/samples how to use this function.

Please provide help.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Typically you don't ever call it directly - it requires a huge set of parameters prepared in a special barely-manageable way. Instead you use IDL to specify your RPC interface, compile it with MIDL and this gives you a client proxy that calls that function with proper parameters.

Answer 2

The easiest would be to use and idl-file and use midl.exe to generate the client RPC stub, which utilizes the NdrClientCall2 internally.

Answer 3

This is normally called via the RPC client MIDL code - why do you want to call this directly?