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From: Mike Collins
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:14

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Hi all, just a quickie.  Is there any defined or specify way of detecting / 
determining a removable media device.  What I mean is that I have an app and 
I need the user to save some data out from it, however I only want them to 
be able to save it to a removable device i.e. floppy, zip, jaz, USB flash 
drive etc.  So firstly, is there any method to determine if there are any 
such devices installed and secondly, if I use a save dialog, is there any 
way to test if the returned path relates to such a removable device.

I can think of long of long winded and convoluted methods but \I was just 
wondering of there is a specific method / api I can use to test this.

Thanks in advance,

Mike C

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