[RESOLVED] get usb flash drive letter

i want to get the drive letter of the newly inserted USB flash drive in the form like E:, F: .

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Originally Posted by isnoend07

i want to get the drive letter of the newly inserted USB flash drive in the form like E:, F: .

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Put a DriveList Box on your form and refresh the list with a TimerControl.
EDIT: You can also refresh the list in the DriveList's Click event.

vb Code:

Dim r&, allDrives$, JustOneDrive$, pos%, DriveType&
      Dim aronedrive() As String
      allDrives$ = Space$(64)
      r& = GetLogicalDriveStrings(Len(allDrives$), allDrives$)
      allDrives$ = Left$(allDrives$, r&)
      aronedrive = Split(allDrives, vbNullChar)
      For d = UBound(aronedrive) To 1 Step -1
          If getdrivetype(aronedrive(d)) = DRIVE_REMOTE Then stickid = aronedrive(d): Exit For
      Next

change drive_remote to drive_removable
declare all the api functions and constants
it will find the removable drive with the highest drive letter

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Originally Posted by westconn1

vb Code:

Dim r&, allDrives$, JustOneDrive$, pos%, DriveType&
      Dim aronedrive() As String
      allDrives$ = Space$(64)
      r& = GetLogicalDriveStrings(Len(allDrives$), allDrives$)
      allDrives$ = Left$(allDrives$, r&)
      aronedrive = Split(allDrives, vbNullChar)
      For d = UBound(aronedrive) To 1 Step -1
          If getdrivetype(aronedrive(d)) = DRIVE_REMOTE Then stickid = aronedrive(d): Exit For
      Next

change drive_remote to drive_removable
declare all the api functions and constants
it will find the removable drive with the highest drive letter

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Thanks, thats what i needed

Interesting. What API is this code used with?

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Originally Posted by CDRIVE

Interesting. What API is this code used with?

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Private Declare Function GetDriveType Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetDriveTypeA" (ByVal nDrive As String) As Long
Private Declare Function GetLogicalDriveStrings Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetLogicalDriveStringsA" (ByVal nBufferLength As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long

Const DRIVE_REMOVABLE = 2

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Originally Posted by isnoend07

Private Declare Function GetDriveType Lib "kernel32"

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Dunka Grazzi and thanks!!

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Originally Posted by CDRIVE

Interesting. What API is this code used with?

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Have a read of API-Guide Chris. ;)

GetDriveType
The GetDriveType function determines whether a disk drive is a removable, fixed, CD-ROM, RAM disk, or network drive.

GetLogicalDriveStrings
The GetLogicalDriveStrings function fills a buffer with strings that specify valid drives in the system.

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Originally Posted by Keithuk

Have a read of API-Guide Chris. ;)

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Yeah Keith, I read the API guide after isnoend07 posted the API,s.;)