INFO: Accessing the Macintosh Resource Fork (106663)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.1
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.5
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
This article was previously published under Q106663 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
<FileName>:AFP_Resource.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 4/12/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbFileIO kbinfo kbKernBase KB106663 |
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