Getting the system profile

[Klaus Major]

Hi Shari,

>> Could you look for a volume name and, if not found, prompt the user 
>> to load
>> the CD?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Scott Rossi
>
> Nope.
>
> The volumes on Windows only give the drive letters, A, B, C, etc. and 
> do not even tell you which drive is being used for the CD.  Also, a 
> user prompt is a big no no for this, must be done behind the scenes. 
> Also, if no CD is loaded, it spits up an error dialog, another no no.
>
> No problemo on Mac.  Mac gives the names of the volumes.  So all is 
> cool on Mac.  But Windows is a bugger for this.  I thought I had it 
> solved until I tested it on Windows last night, and discovered that my 
> wondrous solution is not cross platform :-(
>
> If I could get my hands on the system info that the program winmsd.exe 
> compiles, the way I can get Apple System Profiler info, I could parse 
> what I need.
>
> Shari C

maybe this could help you out:

http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/welcome.htm

Click on "Externals Collection"

There you can dl the old x-collection of Tuviah, where the win version 
will

"CD ROMs - get a list of currently available CD ROM drives" and more, 
of course :-)

Hope that helps.


Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
www.major-k.de