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QUESTION:
Assume that I have a drive letter. How do I get information about that drive? I want to know if it is a hard-disk, a CD-ROM or a floppy disk.
ANSWER:
There is a Windows API call called GetDriveType that you can use. You pass it the root name of your drive and it returns an enumerated constant indicating the drive type.
Define DRIVE_UNKNOWN For 0
Define DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR For 1
Define DRIVE_REMOVABLE For 2
Define DRIVE_FIXED For 3
Define DRIVE_REMOTE For 4
Define DRIVE_CDROM For 5
Define DRIVE_RAMDISK For 6
External_Function WinAPI_GetDriveType "GetDriveTypeA" Kernel32.Dll Pointer lpRootPathName Returns Integer
Function GetDriveType Desktop String sRootPathName Returns String
Integer iRetval
Move (WinAPI_GetDriveType (AddressOf (sRootPathName))) To iRetval
Function_Return iRetval
End_Function // GetDriveType
You can call this as follows:
Get GetDriveType "C:\" To iDriveType
Contributed By:
Vincent Oorsprong
Company: Data Access Worldwide
email: vincent.oorsprong@dataaccess.eu
Web Site: http://www.dataaccess.eu
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