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Cgoady
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 Super Basic menu program
VB.NET, VBA, VBScript, Visual Basic
I haven't used VB in forever but I'm trying to create a simple program. I'm going to run program along with a couple of other files on a CD. I've created two buttons, the 1st to open a file and the 2nd to open a different open. I'm using a call shell command but if the cd rom drive letter is different from d: it will error out. What are my options???

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ASKED: December 15, 2004  8:08 PM
UPDATED: December 16, 2004  7:14 PM
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you should find the cd drive letter using vb as shown in the following article http://www.brettb.com/VBScriptDrivesCollection.asp and then use that letter in your program instead of hardcoding as d:
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Use the Windows API to get the CD Drive letter.

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WalterP
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Further to my suggestion to use the Win API, here is some sample code:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q180766/

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WalterP
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Ok, I’m going to really show my ignorance, but what command am I going to use select the cd rom drive it and run the file i need i.e (call shell %CDROM_DRIVE%”:test.txt”)

Cgoady
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Let’s assume you found the cd-rom drive letter using a VBA program shown in this link

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q180766/

The variable strDriveletter now contains the drive letter.
Then you would write

shell(“c:windowsnotepad.exe ” + strdriveletter + “:test.txt) to open the test.txt in notepad.

Mcp111
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