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Re: Detecting CD driver availability

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  • Subject: [mg98043] Re: Detecting CD driver availability
  • From: ADL <alberto.dilullo at tiscali.it>
  • Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:41:27 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <gqfkqc$kkk$1@smc.vnet.net> <gqia7j$om1$1@smc.vnet.net>

You might try with FileType["d:\\"], which returns None if the CD is
not inserted and Directory if it is.

The problem is that, in my version 7.0.1.0 on Vista, the dialog pop-up
has a strange behavior: if, from the file system window, I apply Eject
twice, the pop-up window does not appear. If I apply Eject once (as
normally expected) it appears.

You could check if this is the same for XP.
By the way, I do not know how to eject a CD programmatically from
Mathematica. Such a command does not seem to be present

ADL


On 28 Mar, 11:43, Ignacio Plazeta <Ignacio.Plaz... at speednet.es> wrote:
> Hi !
>
> Unfortunately, it dosn't work. ...


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