How to copy the contents of a CDA file?

I was wondering, how can I copy a the contents of a CDA file to my harddisk?

through code?
or just copying it?
if its through code, all you have to do is copy it using FileCopy

What I'm trying to do is copy the wav information on a audio cd to my harddisk so that I can use the file on MP3 encoder or WMA enconder.

There is some code around here which uses the mci api calls to do so, but it doesn't really work very nice.
There are some ocx's around, search http://www.softseek.com in the developper section, i searched for mp3 and got a few links that also provide ripping to wave (and some directly to mp3)

on planet source code I found an algorithm to encode MP3's but its for C++

You can try http://www.download.com under the Audio section they have some nice freewares that converts CDA and other formats to .WAV or .MP3.

I've used controls from http://www.swiftsoft.com
Initally it can rip to wave file, but, if you have the right codec installed, it can rip directly to mp3.

The Cda files are just what Windows makes of the TOC of an audio cd. It holds the positions of the audio tracks on the cd.