OpenEuphoria

Re: CD eject

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <jluethje at gmx.de> Jul 17, 2002
• 519 views

Hello Don,

Don <Graebel at hotmail.com> wrote:

>> I'm wondering if anyone has a code (windows) that will access a CD-ROM
>> drive and make it eject.? Thanks!
>> 

> I saw Juergen Luethje's code snip for ejecting a CD using INTs.  Very 
> interesting.  If however you would prefer the Windows version of the 
> same, use this:

> ==========
> include Win32Lib.ew

> constant
> winmm = registerw32Library( "winmm.dll" )
> constant
> mciSendString = registerw32Procedure( winmm, "mciSendStringA", 
> {C_POINTER,C_POINTER,C_POINTER,C_POINTER} )

> procedure OpenCD()
>     atom OpenStr
>     OpenStr = allocate_string( "Set cdaudio door open wait" )
>     w32Proc( mciSendString, {OpenStr, 0, 0, 0} )
>     free( OpenStr )
> end procedure

> procedure CloseCD()
>     atom CloseStr
>     CloseStr = allocate_string( "Set cdaudio door closed wait" )
>     w32Proc( mciSendString, {CloseStr, 0, 0, 0} )
>     free( CloseStr )
> end procedure
> ==========

> Don Phillips


I would prefer the Windows version, but I only was able to write the DOS
version. And of course it's nice not only to have a OpenCD() routine,
but also a CloseCD() routine.

I've got a question: When a computer has 2 or more CD drives, how do
your procedures "know", which drive they should open/close?

Thanks and best regards,
   Juergen