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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:05:25 -0700, Bob Gonder  
<notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote:

>
> Is IDiscRecorder of any help?
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/devio/base/idiscrecorder.asp
> See also
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/devio/base/rsm_media_change_detection.asp?frame=true
> Hmm.. both XP solutions.....
>
>
> Also see
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/devio/base/detecting_media_insertion_or_removal.asp?frame=true
> Talks about WM_DEVICECHANGE
> And
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/devio/base/device_management_control_codes.asp?frame=true
>
>

Thanks for the links...

WM_DEVICECHANGE will only tell you if a disc is inserted, not the tray  
close with no disc. Also to use it you have to assume a state at  
application launch (ie, assume that there is no disc in the drive until  
you get told otherwise).

I tried the device management control a week or so ago, using  
IOCTL_CHANGER_GET_STATUS I could also only tell if there was a disc in the  
drive or not, not the actualy tray state.

I'll have a play with the IDiscRecorder amd Removable Storage Manager  
stuff, but it isn't overly likely that the drive we will be trying to  
open/close is a recorder, and while our main deployment will be XP, we  
have to work on 2k as well...

Thanks
Simon