Not so much. Don't confuse WinRT, an optional helper library, with the system calls you're actually allowed to make inside an app container.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa36...
WriteFile is available in Windows Store applications. You have to use CreateFile2 to get a HANDLE, but CF2 can still create synchronous IO handles.
Not so much. Don't confuse WinRT, an optional helper library, with the system calls you're actually allowed to make inside an app container.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa36...
WriteFile is available in Windows Store applications. You have to use CreateFile2 to get a HANDLE, but CF2 can still create synchronous IO handles.