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mooncaptain
mooncaptain

Reputation: 137

How to know what type of optical media is in the drive using .net

After taking a look at the information available in the WMI I discovered that there was no difference in the listed properties between having a CD R disk inserted or a DVD R inserted so WMI doesn't seem to know this information.

However, in Windows 7 with auto-play turned on it always pops a dialog that knows the media type and even if it is a blank disk. Also Windows explorer knows the difference. Anybody know how to access this information through system calls or directly in .Net (2.0, 3.0, 3.5, or 4.0)

Upvotes: 3

Views: 120

Answers (1)

JohnnyJP
JohnnyJP

Reputation: 1246

For this you need to access IMAPI v2, for which there is no offical .net warpper.

Heres a link to IMAPI doc.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB932716

Having said that, i've used this before

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/net/code/libraries/writing_cds/imapi/article.asp

You'll need the DiscRecorder functiom, and you can download a sample app using this wrapper from the left hand sidebar.

Hope that helps..

Upvotes: 2

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