LDAP Client

Hi everyone,

I have to write a very basic LDAP client using an SDK for a university
project. After researching SDKs, the Mozilla C LDAP SDK seems to be
the best choice. I have had some experience with writing software to
access LDAP during my industry placement. There we used Perl and its
Net::LDAP modules to script changes and maintain a web interface which
was fairly easy.

I would now like to make an application that is capable of the basic
search, modify and delete functions when pointed at an LDAP server. I
would like it to be written in C and either for Mac OSX or Windows XP.

So my question really is where do I start? Sorry for the very open
question but my research thus far has left me really very confused.
People talk about compiling LDAP libraries but which libraries? Am I
to include all the files I download from the Mozilla SDK in a new
project or so I compile these files and build something from the
resulting program.

I'm not asking for anyone to do my assignment for me or even give me
any code but a point in the right direction would be greatly
appreciated!

Thanks guys
Zeb