INFO: Accessing the Macintosh Resource Fork

ID: Q106663

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.1, 3.5, 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000

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.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.50

Keywords : kbFileIO kbKernBase kbNTOS310 kbNTOS350 kbNTOS400 kbWinOS2000 kbDSupport kbGrpKernBase
Version : winnt:3.1,3.5,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo