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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:35

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"Patryk B." <pbobak@no.spam.o2.pl> wrote in message
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> Somebody ask me, can I write program that check how
> many CD was burn using CD/DVD writer.

That kind of information is not available anywhere.  Burners do not keep
track of how many discs they burn over time.

> Is there any winapi function that can give that kind of information?

You have to communicate with the burner hardware directly.

> Is there any way to get status?

The current status, yes.  You would have to send the appropriate SCSI
commands to the hardware.  Go to http://www.t10.org and download the latest
MMC (Multimedia Commands) specification.  And then use the Win32 API
DeviceIoControl() function to send commands to the hardware using SPTI (SCSI
PassThrough Interface) I/O controls.


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