Which API do I need to access a file's NTFS extended attributes?

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Hi there,

Is there someone out there, who can tell me which Win32 API I have to use to
access the NTFS' Extended Attributes for files?

Extended file attributes are not the read-only, hidden, system, archive
e.t.c. flags. But per file it is possible to associate custom attributes and
these are stored, as far as I understand, seperatly from the file in the
filesystem.

(As a user you can change them in NT/W2K/XP via the file properties panel
and summary tab in Explorer. Youcan make them visible in the Explorer's
ListView-pane by right-clicking on the column headings in the
"detailed"-view)

TIA

/Twan

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/stg/stg/istorage.asp

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:
| Hi there,
|
| Is there someone out there, who can tell me which Win32 API I have to use
to
| access the NTFS' Extended Attributes for files?
|
| Extended file attributes are not the read-only, hidden, system, archive
| e.t.c. flags. But per file it is possible to associate custom attributes
and
| these are stored, as far as I understand, seperatly from the file in the
| filesystem.
|
| (As a user you can change them in NT/W2K/XP via the file properties panel
| and summary tab in Explorer. Youcan make them visible in the Explorer's
| ListView-pane by right-clicking on the column headings in the
| "detailed"-view)
|
| TIA
|
| /Twan
|
|

 

[Twan van der Schoot]

Hi Dave,

Can I than conclude that any file stored in a NTFS directory as if it were a
compound document?

kr

Twan