Provide new easy to use Windows Runtime APIs for alternate data streams

[jaigak]

Proposal: Provide new easy to use Windows Runtime APIs for alternate data streams

Today if you want to access and write to alternate data streams, you need to use old Win32 style functions for that in UWP or Win32 apps. While this is fine for C++ developers, .NET developers need to write a C++ component or pinvoke (in UWP you need to pinvoke the api set dll rather than the legacy dll name).

Summary

Provide new Windows Runtime APIs under Windows.Storage for alternative data stream access. These APIs should work well with StorageFile and StorageFolder.

Rationale

• Makes developer lives easier
• .NET developers don't need to write a component or pinvoke for alternate data stream access

Scope

Capability	Priority
This proposal will allow developers to access alternative data streams from any WinRT language easily	Must

[mominshaikhdevs]

Part Of :

• Improved StorageFile APIs #8.

• AppContainer for Win32 apps #219.