Re: Local or remote drive ?

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From: sam
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:48

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> Look at API GetDriveType().

Thank you, I have used API GetDriveType().

Sam
"Vladimir Stefanovic" <antivari@po.sbb.co.yu> wrote in message 
news:4300cb1d@newsgroups.borland.com...
>> How to know if a file is on a local drive or remote drive ?
>
> Look at API GetDriveType().
>
> This is in practice how I get the first CD ROM drive
> (probably can be optimized):
>
> AnsiString GetFirstCdRomDrive()
> {
>  unsigned long r;
>  char Drives[129];
>  char* pDrive;
>  AnsiString Result = "";
>
>  r = GetLogicalDriveStrings( sizeof( Drives ), Drives );
>
>  if ( r == 0 )
>     return ( Result );
>  if ( r > sizeof( Drives ) )
>     return( Result );
>
>  pDrive = &Drives[0];  // Point to the first drive
>
>  while ( *pDrive != NULL )
>  {
>     if ( GetDriveType( pDrive ) == DRIVE_CDROM )
>       return ( UpperCase ( (char)*pDrive ) + ":\\" );
>     pDrive += 4;  // Point to the next drive
>  }
>
>  return( "" );
> }
>
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Vladimir Stefanovic
>

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