CD ROM Control

[rajeesh]

How to Open And Close the cd drive using the API or other ways

[amitabh]

Private Declare Function mciSendString Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "mciSendStringA" (ByVal lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As String, ByVal uReturnLength As Long, ByVal hwndCallback As Long) As Long
 
Private Sub cmdOpen_Click()
    'Open the CD Drive
    mciSendString "set CDAudio door open", 0, 127, 0
End Sub
 
Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
    'Close the CD Drive
    mciSendString "set CDAudio door closed", 0, 127, 0
End Sub