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+/**
+ * xrdp: A Remote Desktop Protocol server.
+ *
+ * MS-RDPEI : Definitions from [MS-RDPEI]
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * References to MS-RDPEI are currently correct for v20240423 of that
+ * document
+ */
+
+#if !defined(MS_RDPEI_H)
+#define MS_RDPEI_H
+
+// TODO
+
+#endif /* MS_RDPEI_H */