Structured Storage: A COM way to read/write persistent data
In persistent storage, normally files are stored in the form of bytes. A file is treated as a raw sequence of bytes. Entire file is stored in the blocks on the disk. These blocks are scattered on the disk. When you read this file, file system manages its pointers and return you a sequence of bytes.
The text of this article is not in this database — only its details are. The old site it was published on is gone, but the Internet Archive kept a copy: Structured Storage: A COM way to read/write persistent data
1 Comment
Join the conversation! Your thoughts help the community grow.
Sign in to leave a comment
It is the same account you read, post and publish with — and you will come straight back to this page.
abhi jainPosted Nov 8, 2010, 1:20 PM
Hi, I am working on C# and silverlight project. In both of these I have to read and write compound files created by earlier C++ code. How can I do that? Please help. Thanks.