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NightShade01 · Jun 11th, 2006, 7:51 PM

Hey everyone i'm trying to write a program that contains many smaller things, such as batch files, text documents and other little programs. I want to be able to however have the program figure out what the CD rom drive is on the computer that the program is installed on....b/c obv it changes from comp to comp. Like if i instaled the prorgam on my computer and i have the E: drive as my cd-rom i need the program to auto detect that and then copy things from E: to the hard drive. i'm not sure how to go about doing this though. Any ideas??

DaWei · Jun 11th, 2006, 8:08 PM

This might be absolutely worthless to you, but I use winioctl in C/C++. You may find that VB has access to those things.

Booooze · Jun 11th, 2006, 10:41 PM

This shoudl help a bit:

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            string[] drives;//String array
            drives = Directory.GetLogicalDrives();
            //Display first 2 drives
            MessageBox.Show(drives[0].ToString());
            MessageBox.Show(drives[1].ToString());

            //Determines whether specified Drive Exists
            DriveInfo di = new DriveInfo("D:");
            MessageBox.Show(di.DriveType.ToString());

It's C#, but the framework is the same. All you should need are some small modifications such as the array (will be defined differently in vb.net) and maybe the messagebox function. Other than that, it should at least put you one the right track.

Jun 11th, 2006, 7:51 PM	#1
NightShade01 Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 52 Rep Power: 3	CD-ROm detecting Hey everyone i'm trying to write a program that contains many smaller things, such as batch files, text documents and other little programs. I want to be able to however have the program figure out what the CD rom drive is on the computer that the program is installed on....b/c obv it changes from comp to comp. Like if i instaled the prorgam on my computer and i have the E: drive as my cd-rom i need the program to auto detect that and then copy things from E: to the hard drive. i'm not sure how to go about doing this though. Any ideas??

Jun 11th, 2006, 8:08 PM	#2
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	This might be absolutely worthless to you, but I use winioctl in C/C++. You may find that VB has access to those things. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Jun 11th, 2006, 10:41 PM	#3
Booooze Expert Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Igloo Posts: 710 Rep Power: 3	This shoudl help a bit: (Toggle Plain Text) string[] drives;//String array drives = Directory.GetLogicalDrives(); //Display first 2 drives MessageBox.Show(drives[0].ToString()); MessageBox.Show(drives[1].ToString()); //Determines whether specified Drive Exists DriveInfo di = new DriveInfo("D:"); MessageBox.Show(di.DriveType.ToString()); string[] drives;//String array drives = Directory.GetLogicalDrives(); //Display first 2 drives MessageBox.Show(drives[0].ToString()); MessageBox.Show(drives[1].ToString()); //Determines whether specified Drive Exists DriveInfo di = new DriveInfo("D:"); MessageBox.Show(di.DriveType.ToString()); It's C#, but the framework is the same. All you should need are some small modifications such as the array (will be defined differently in vb.net) and maybe the messagebox function. Other than that, it should at least put you one the right track.

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