Detect CD drive? "Steve Marshall" <stevem[ at ]west2net.net.au> 01.02.2006 04:01:12 Hi, Anyone know if it's possible to detect if a drive letter is a CD or DVD? I'd love to be able to do that! Thanks -- Remove numeral in e-mail address to send e-mails. www.marshallarts.com.au

Re: Detect CD drive? Mattias Jonsson <news[ at ]ett-remove-idesystem.se> 01.02.2006 12:06:27 Try this: http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0003.htm It cannot tell the difference between a CD and DVD, but in case you meant to differentiate between a CD/DVD and fixed/other, it will do that. / Mattias From: Steve Marshall, on 1/31/2006 11:01 PM: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > Anyone know if it's possible to detect if a drive letter is a CD or DVD? > I'd love to be able to do that! > > Thanks >

Re: Detect CD drive? John Nurick <j.mapSoN.nurick[ at ]dial.pipex.com> 01.02.2006 19:25:45 You can do this using WMI. The VBScript sample code at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/wmi_tasks__computer_hardware.asp can easily be modified to run as VBA. On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:06:27 -0500, Mattias Jonsson <news[ at ]ett-remove-idesystem.se> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Try this: >http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0003.htm > >It cannot tell the difference between a CD and DVD, but in case you >meant to differentiate between a CD/DVD and fixed/other, it will do that. > >/ Mattias > >From: Steve Marshall, on 1/31/2006 11:01 PM: >> Hi, >> >> Anyone know if it's possible to detect if a drive letter is a CD or DVD? >> I'd love to be able to do that! >> >> Thanks >> -- John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP] Please respond in the newgroup and not by email.

Re: Detect CD drive? "Steve Marshall" <stevem[ at ]west2net.net.au> 01.02.2006 23:12:11 Beautiful! A thousand thanks. -- Remove numeral in e-mail address to send e-mails. www.marshallarts.com.au "Steve Marshall" <stevem[ at ]west2net.net.au> wrote in message news:1138767328.371326[ at ]quartz.westnet.net.au... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > Anyone know if it's possible to detect if a drive letter is a CD or DVD? > I'd love to be able to do that! > > Thanks > > -- > Remove numeral in e-mail address to send e-mails. > www.marshallarts.com.au >