Hi everyone, I'm focusing on a real tough problem that I hav been trying to solve since a long time in VB/VB.Net (2.0). I'm trying to detect the Open or close status of the Cd drive door. I'm using mcisendstring function to query the status, mcisendstring("Status CDAudio Mode"). This function returns the following values accordingly: "not ready", "paused", "playing", and "stopped" values. Some devices can return the additional "open", "parked", "recording", and "seeking" values. If there is a cd in the drive and the door is closed then it's almost easy to identify as "status CDAudio mode" returns a value anything other than "open". But the real problem is when the CD door is open the value returned by the mcisendstring function is "open". Again when the CD door is closed with no CD inside the function is returning the same value "open". There's no way I can distinguish the CD tray status programatically when the value returned is "open". Can anybody help me? Is there any other way other than the mcisendstring function to query the CD door status? If yes then Plz provide me a code example.

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