Determine if CD/DVD drive is writeable

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Tim Kelley

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.
 
Did you try to get the factory name of device?
Generaly there is an "RW" label in device name
 
Hi, are there some cd writer classes on the net for c#?

Rinaldo

Michael Nemtsev said:
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 said:
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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Yep, u need IMAPI API

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

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WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
Blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour



Rinaldo said:
Hi, are there some cd writer classes on the net for c#?

Rinaldo

Michael Nemtsev said:
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 said:
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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