MS-W32T Client

An example RPC client for the MS-W32T server interfaces. The main goal of this project is to show how to integrate the use of the Microsoft IDL compiler (e.g. midl.exe) into a software project managed by CMake.

The project provides a CMake file that defines a new function:

target_idl_sources(<target> <CLIENT|SERVER> [items1...])

The target_idl_sources function may be used to generate source code with the client or server stub functions for a given set of IDL files. The generated source code will be added to the list of source files for a target.

Building

The MS-W32T client requires CMake and a Windows SDK to generate and run the build system files for your platform. All Windows 10 and 11 SDKs are supported.

git clone https://github.com/EvanMcBroom/w32t-client.git
cd w32t-client
mkdir builds
cd builds
cmake ..
cmake --build .

CMake will build the example w32t-client utility which may be used to display information about sources of time for servers you have the permissions to query.

w32t-client.exe
w32t-client.exe <server> [<domain> <username> <password>]

w32t-client.exe example-server.local
Time source: Free-running System Clock
Provider 1: NtpClient
        Enabled: Yes
        DLL Name: C:\Windows\system32\w32time.dll
        NTP provider peer count: 8
Provider 2: NtpServer
        Enabled: Yes
        DLL Name: C:\Windows\system32\w32time.dll
        NTP provider peer count: 8
Provider 3: VMICTimeProvider
        Enabled: Yes
        DLL Name: C:\Windows\System32\vmictimeprovider.dll

Modifying

The MS-W32T client project is designed to be usable as a template for creating RPC clients for other interfaces. To use the project as a template for other interfaces:

Replace the w32t.hpp and w32t.cpp files with appropriate source files for your interfaces
Replace the ms-w32t.idl file with appropriate IDL files for your interfaces
Update CMakeLists.txt to reflect these file changes

Please reference these files as needed to see how to provide appropriate replacements.