knowing if CD is inside the tray

help me please

points was already increased, anybody can help me please

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
  StdCtrls;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
  private
    { Private declarations }
    procedure WMDEVICECHANGE(var msg: TMessage); message WM_DEVICECHANGE;
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}
procedure TForm1.WMDEVICECHANGE(var msg:tmessage);
const
  DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL = $8000;
  DBT_DEVICEMOVECOMPLETE = $8004;
var
  TempStr: string;
begin
  inherited;
  case msg.WParam of
    DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL :tempstr:='Insert CD';
    DBT_DEVICEMOVECOMPLETE :tempstr:='Popup CD';
  end;
  ShowMessage(TempStr);
end;


ePing :o)

sorry your source code does not do anything
it doest work

please stick to my question please

there are 2 cd rom drives in my computer
drive f and drive G

so how can i identify both drive if there is a CD existing inside?

 var
    DrivePath: array [0..3] of char = 'A:\';

  function IsDiskIn(drive: char): boolean;
  var
    d1, d2, d3, d4: longword;
  begin
    DrivePath[0] := drive;
    Result := GetDiskFreeSpace(DrivePath, d1, d2, d3, d4);
  end;

this may be another solution without getting those blue error messages.

var
FatType: array [0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
MaxLen1,fSysFlags: DWORD;
ErrorMode: Integer;
Drive: String;

begin
FatType[0] := #0;
Drive := 'F:\';
ErrorMode := SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
if not GetVolumeInformation(PChar(Drive), nil, 0,nil, MaxLen1, fSysFlags,FatType,DWORD(sizeof(FatType))) then
  begin
  ShowMessage('No CD in drive');
  end else
  ShowMessage('CD is in there');
SetErrorMode(ErrorMode);
end;

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GetVolumeInformation returns False if there is no volume to get info for

hey "d32code" is your code safe?
i already try it with windows 2000 its ok
but in other Operating system i dont know
like WindowsXP/NT/Windows 98

anybody can say something with his code?

with d32code code you get a blue error screen when there's a blank or audio cd.
sorry d32code but let me say that's not too elegant.

paul.

{ ... }
type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
  private
    { private declarations }
    procedure WMDeviceChange(var Msg: TMessage); message WM_DeviceChange;
  public
    { public declarations }
  end;


procedure TForm1.WMDeviceChange(var Msg: TMessage);
const
  DBT_QUERYCHANGECONFIG = $0017;
  DBT_CONFIGCHANGED = $0018;
  DBT_CONFIGCHANGECANCELED = $0019;
  DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL = $8000;
  DBT_DEVICEQUERYREMOVE = $8001;
  DBT_DEVICEQUERYREMOVEFAILED = $8002;
  DBT_DEVICEREMOVEPENDING = $8003;
  DBT_DEVICEREMOVECOMPLETE = $8004;
  DBT_DEVICETYPESPECIFIC = $8005;
  DBT_USERDEFINED = $FFFF;
var
  tmpStr : String;
begin
  inherited
  case Msg.wParam of
    DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL:
      tmpStr := 'CD inserted in drive';
    DBT_DEVICEREMOVECOMPLETE:
      tmpSTr := 'CD removed from drive';
  end;
  ShowMessage(tmpStr);
end;

if you are still looking, here's a couple of web pages at Borland Community

Is disk in drive?
http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,18004,00.html
(I still like the GetVolumeInformation way better, since it does all types of CD's)

Is CD a Audio CD?
http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,17756,00.html

listening...

have you tried:

Path := 'D:\'; // your cd etc.
if DirectoryExists(Path) then ..

You may need to repeat after a time because the cd may have just been inserted and Explorer hasn't picked it up yet.

Regards,
Steve

Thank you for your idea