preserving resource forks under Windows

[Richard Gaskin]

Chris Sheffield wrote (re-arranged back to standard reading order:

 >> You can use the resFile service specified to get and set a
 >> resource fork on Mac systems:
 >>
 >>    put url ("resfile:"&tMyFilePath) into tMyResData
 >
> But does that work on a PC running Windows?  The docs say it doesn't.
> That's my problem.  I'm copying the files from a CD (Mac/Windows hybrid) to
> a PC hard drive.  Will this still work?

You'll need to break out the res file to a separate data file while on 
Mac, and recombine them while on Mac.  No other operating system 
supports the dual-fork file format.

Simpler might be to just burn the CD as a hybrid, having the PC version 
access the files from the Mac partition.

What's in the res forks that needs to be retained?  The resource fork is 
being phased out of Mac OS, so this may be a good time to consider other 
storage options if possible.

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