Desktop Client

The desktop client is an OLE in-process (Inproc) server dynamic-link library (DLL) that must:

• Have access to the store while synchronization is taking place.
• Be able to create, read, write, and delete any object in the store.
• Determine if an object has changed since the last time it was synchronized.
• Enumerate all objects that need to be synchronized.
• Be able to read an object and convert it into a series of bytes, a process called serialization.
• Take such a series of bytes and convert them back to an object, a process called deserialization.

    To implement the desktop client

1. Create one GUID for the store, using the Visual C++ GUID generator tool, Guidgen.exe.
2. Define HREPLITEM and HREPLFLD. These handles can be simply pointers to data structures.
3. Define HREPLOBJ, which is a generic handle that can be either HREPLITEM or HREPLFLD.
4. Implement all methods in IReplStore.

   These methods implement the following functionality:

   • Initialize the store.
   • Provide a folder handle for the specified object type and return a pointer to the IReplObjHandler interface.
   • Provide for management of the object types.
   • Provide a way for Windows CE Services to display related information in the main window.
   • Enumerate objects for a specified object type.
5. Implement all methods in IReplObjHandler.