  We present a general relativistic framework for the calculation of the
electroweak structure of heavy-light mesons within constituent-quark models. To
this aim the physical processes in which the structure is measured, i.e.
electron-meson scattering and semileptonic weak decays, are treated in a
Poincar\'e invariant way by making use of the point-form of relativistic
quantum mechanics. The electromagnetic and weak meson currents are extracted
from the 1-$\gamma$ and 1-$W$-exchange amplitudes that result from a
Bakamjian-Thomas type mass operator for the respective systems. The covariant
decomposition of these currents provides the electromagnetic and weak
(transition) form factors. Problems with cluster separability, which are
inherent in the Bakamjian-Thomas construction, are discussed and it is shown
how to keep them under control. It is proved that the heavy-quark limit of the
electroweak form factors leads to one universal function, the Isgur-Wise
function, confirming that the requirements of heavy-quark symmetry are
satisfied. A simple analytical expression is given for the Isgur-Wise function
and its agreement with a corresponding front-form calculation is verified
numerically. Electromagnetic form factors for $B^-$ and $D^+$ and weak
$B\rightarrow D^{(\ast)}$-decay form factors are calculated with a simple
harmonic-oscilllator wave function and heavy-quark symmetry breaking due to
finite masses of the heavy quarks is discussed.
