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Tim Kelley
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      26th Nov 2007
Is there a way to determine if a CD/DVD is writeable? I have looked at
using WMI (Win32_CDROMDrive) but it did not have any luck.

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Michael Nemtsev
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      26th Nov 2007
Did you try to get the factory name of device?
Generaly there is an "RW" label in device name

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"Tim Kelley" wrote:

> Is there a way to determine if a CD/DVD is writeable? I have looked at
> using WMI (Win32_CDROMDrive) but it did not have any luck.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

 
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Rinaldo
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      26th Nov 2007
Hi, are there some cd writer classes on the net for c#?

Rinaldo

"Michael Nemtsev" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
news:0125EF9E-200D-42B1-B762-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Did you try to get the factory name of device?
> Generaly there is an "RW" label in device name
>
> --
> WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
> Blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
>
>
>
> "Tim Kelley" wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to determine if a CD/DVD is writeable? I have looked at
>> using WMI (Win32_CDROMDrive) but it did not have any luck.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

>


 
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Michael Nemtsev
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      27th Nov 2007
Yep, u need IMAPI API

See there http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366224.aspx

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"Rinaldo" wrote:

> Hi, are there some cd writer classes on the net for c#?
>
> Rinaldo
>
> "Michael Nemtsev" <(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
> news:0125EF9E-200D-42B1-B762-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Did you try to get the factory name of device?
> > Generaly there is an "RW" label in device name
> >
> > --
> > WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
> > Blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
> >
> >
> >
> > "Tim Kelley" wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a way to determine if a CD/DVD is writeable? I have looked at
> >> using WMI (Win32_CDROMDrive) but it did not have any luck.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>

> >

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