Re: Finding/detecting CD-rom drive

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From: Dave Parsons
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:00

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Jan,
  I have an example on my webpage that does exactly that.


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Good Luck!!
    -Dave
Inprise Certified Delphi 4 Client/Server developer
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Bruno BORNIL <bruno.bornil@overlap.fr> wrote in message
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Jan Hecker & Rikke Skaanes a �crit :

> Hi,
> I'm making a little program, and needs the program to find/detect the
> drive letter of the cd-rom drive! How's that dine??? I'm usinfg Delphi
> 3.
>
> Jan

Hello,

   You should use the GetDriveType function from API func.

   In the case of a CD_ROM it returns an integer (5 i think).

Bye.

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