getting the Real name of CDs from RR

thierry Douez douez at wanadoo.fr
Thu Dec 30 11:33:09 EST 2004


Hi,

AT> Ken Ray wrote:
>> on mouseUp
>>  answer GetCDName("D:")
>> end mouseUp
>> 
>> function GetCDName pLetter
>>   set the hideConsoleWindows to true
>>   put shell(pLetter & " & dir") into temp
>>   return last word of line 1 of temp
>> end GetCDName

AT> Hi Ken,
AT> I try the same commands from the DOS command promt
AT> and the last words of line 1 effectively
AT> contains the name of the CD.

AT> Is Time to reinstall the OS? or
AT> Could i troubleshoot this machine in
AT> another way?

Well, some good news just before the New Year :-)

In fact, it's not line 1 but line 2 !!!!!

i just tested it on Win98 too.

Best regards, 
thierry




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