Determine if CD Tray is Open or Closed?

[Guest SmugX]

Hi all.

I'm a newbie here, and I've had a brief play with AutoIt, which looks very useful.

Anyway, a quick question: the 'CDTray' function looks useful for what I want to achieve, but is there a way of determining whether the cd tray is open or closed at the moment?

I've had a look through the docs, but can't see anything.

Any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks,

SmugX

[MHz]

DriveStatus may help in determining if the drive is ready. Here is a sample of usage.

[Guest SmugX]

Thanks, MHz - but, unless I'm missing something, your FindCD function uses DriveStatus on the drive.

DriveStatus returns 'NOTREADY' if the drive is open, but also if the drive is empty - meaning I can't tell the difference between the two states.

Am I making sense?

Regards,

SmugX

[Andre]

Hi,

as far as i know there is know way to see if the cd-drive is open. (no logic inside the drive).

Andre

[SlimShady]

Hi,

as far as i know there is know way to see if the cd-drive is open. (no logic inside the drive).

Andre

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I believe that too.

Because there's no CD to be read, the drive is not ready.

[Guest SmugX]

I believe that too.

Because there's no CD to be read, the drive is not ready.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Oh well. Thanks anyway.

If anyone thinks of anything, please let me know!

Thanks,

Neil.

[Blue_Drache]

Oh well. Thanks anyway.

If anyone thinks of anything, please let me know!

Thanks,

Neil.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What will the eject function return if the drive's already open?

Nevermind, it will always return a success if the drive isn't burn locked.

I was thinking of the CDTray("drive","status") function

Edited March 2, 2005 by Blue_Drache