Re: How to determine that CD-drive is empty?

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From: Simon Macneall
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 06:39

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On 24 Jun 2004 23:16:49 -0700, JD <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>
> "Simon Macneall" <macneall@iinet-dot-net-dot-au> wrote:
>> [...] The trouble I have is telling the difference between
>> open and closed with no disc.
>
> Look here:
>
>     http://newsgroups.borland.com/cgi-bin/dnewsweb?cmd=article&group=borland.public.cppbuilder.nativeapi&item=12683&utag=
>
none of which works correctly. As far as I can tell mpOpen is whether the  
media is open, not the drawer.
and closing the drawer and waiting for it to spin up and checking a file  
is not a very nice solution either. There must be a way of doing it, as  
WinDVD does it all correctly.

Simon

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