VMS Help DCE_IDL, ARGUMENTS, -template_client  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

   -template_client filename

   Requests that the IDL compiler generate a C source file containing
   a template implementation of each routine that must appear in the
   client application to use the specified IDL interface.  If you do
   not specify an extension for filename, the compiler assigns the
   file extension .c.