Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Smo/rgrav wrote:
"Intron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
"Dag-Erling Smo/rgrav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Sean Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I'm writing some cd buring software using burncd as a reference.
> > I was wondering if its possible to detect opening and closing of
> > the doors.
> Unfortunately, no. The drive may not even have a door.
Mr. smo/rgrav loves playing joke very much.
No. Unlike you, I know what I'm talking about.
But most of CD/DVD drives have a door, though generally speaking,
software cannot detect the open/close status of a door directly.
http://www.plextor.com/english/products/716AL.htm
What I said is "most of". This kind of drive may do harm to your
CD/DVD disc if you fail to operate carefully enough.
However, software can command the drive to open/close its door.
This is not what Sean wants.
I want to tell Sean that he is not worth spending time in finding
how to detect the open/close status of a drive door. If his program
can open/close/lock/unlock the door and detect whether recording medium
(CD/DVD) is present in drive or not and whether the drive is locked
or not, that's enough, just as Nero (www.nero.com) can do.
DES
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