SHFormatDrive API Question??

[pacman429]

Does anyone out there know of any other way of accessing the format dialog box beside using the SHFormatDrive API. Of what I can see and find this API is only limited to opening the dialog box and not able to control it at all.


Could someone please shed some light on the subject

Thanks in advance

Pacman

[Hack]

I don't know of anyother way, but using the API has always worked for me. I've used this in a couple of applications to give my customers the ability to format diskettes, and it has worked flawlessly. What is it doing, or not doing, when you call it?

[pacman429]

The API call works fine, but I need to be able to control the dialog box a little more, in effect, not requiring user input.

[Hack]

I don't know about that. All the API is doing is the same thing you would do if you used Windows Explorer to call it up. Once its up, then it is its own standalone utility program.

[Xa0z]

If it is a standard window you could find the coordinates of the OK button and then send a key_click to the button with the API function Mouse_Event. You could subclass the windows too and then send messages yourself.