Microsoft KB Archive/106663

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INFO: Accessing the Macintosh Resource Fork

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Q106663

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), used with:
 * the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.1, 3.5, 4.0
 * the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000

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SUMMARY
Resource forks are implemented as NTFS streams named AFP_Resource. There is no structure to the fork; it is exactly whatever the Macintosh writes to it. The resource fork can be written to using standard Win32 application programming interfaces (APIs). Refer to the forks as :AFP_Resource.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.50

Keywords : kbFileIO kbKernBase kbOSWinNT310 kbOSWinNT350 kbOSWinNT400 kbOSWin2000 kbDSupport kbGrpDSKernBase

Issue type : kbinfo

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin32sSearch kbWin32API