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CD-Rom DLL for easy access to CD-Rom

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31 Mar 2009CPOL 21.3K   535  
Class library for easy access to CD-ROM (CdRom) opening CD-Rom, C, Name of CD-Rom company in a line of code.
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Introduction

This project aims to provide easy access to CD-ROM properties and functions. This is a class library for .NET and is written in C# language. It has only one DLL and you can access the CD-ROM with only one line code.

Using the Code

This is very easy. Go to your destination project and add DLL as a reference, in this way -> project menu//add reference //Browse Tab// and locate DLL, then import it:

C#
using CdRom;

Then, with this code declare a new class:

C#
CDRom cd_rom = new CDRom();

For catching the name of CD-ROMs and printing in Listbox:

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foreach(string temp in cd_rom.CDRomName)
      listBox1.Items.Add(temp);

Name of all drives:

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foreach (string temp in cd_rom.DriveName)
        listBox1.Items.Add(temp);

A bool that indicates whether CD is inserted or not:

C#
cd_rom.CdinCDRom;

If CD inserted == true, then name(Label) of CD is:

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cd_rom.CdName;

And finally, string indicates the drive of CD-ROM:

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cd_rom.CdDriveName;

History

  • 31st March, 2009: Version 1,0,0
    This is the first version of this DLL and will be updated soon.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)