#163893 - 2006-06-30 07:39 PM
Determine the CD Drive
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cmarti
Hey THIS is FUN
Registered: 2001-02-26
Posts: 297
Loc: Little Rock, AR
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I've compiled a kixtart script into an exe using kixscript editor, I know I'm behind the time  , This script is being put on a cd where I'm going to run the script from. The problem is I need to know what drive the cd is in. When I run the compiled exe the script dir is my temp folder.
I have an application that I need to install from the cd and would like to kick the application off from the script. How can I determine what the cd drive is if the @scriptdir gives me back the temp directory.
Here's my code:
Code:
? @ScriptDir
Here's my output:
Quote:
C:\DOCUME~1\CMARTI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
Thanks in advance..
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#163895 - 2006-06-30 08:35 PM
Re: Determine the CD Drive
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cmarti
Hey THIS is FUN
Registered: 2001-02-26
Posts: 297
Loc: Little Rock, AR
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Thanks Doc, I'll check this out...
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#163898 - 2006-07-03 10:00 AM
Re: Determine the CD Drive
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Richard H.
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Registered: 2000-01-24
Posts: 4946
Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK
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Here is an example of how to do it. The findVolume() UDF will return the first drive whose title starts with the volume name passed to it.
Note, I have deliberately *not* restricted this to CD drives. This means that you can network map a dummy drive letter with the correct label for testing.
In this example the script looks for a drive with a label starting "MyDrive". If it doesn't find one it defaults to "C:"
Code:
Break ON
$=SetOption("Explicit","ON")
Dim $sDrive
$sDrive=findVolume("MyDrive")
If $sDrive="" $sDrive="C:" Endif
"Will use drive letter "+$sDrive+@CRLF
Function findVolume($sVolume)
Dim $oFSO, $oDrive
$findVolume=""
$oFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If Not @ERROR AND VarType($oFSO)=9
For Each $oDrive In $oFSO.Drives
If InStr($oDrive.VolumeName,$sVolume)=1 $findVolume=$oDrive.DriveLetter+":" Exit 0 EndIf
Next
EndIf
Exit 15
EndFunction
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#163899 - 2006-08-01 07:27 PM
Re: Determine the CD Drive
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cmarti
Hey THIS is FUN
Registered: 2001-02-26
Posts: 297
Loc: Little Rock, AR
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Thanks for all the replies, here's what I ended up doing..
Code:
$FileSystemObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
? "@CRLFSearching for CD drive..."
$Drives = GetObject("winmgmts:").ExecQuery("select Name,DriveType from Win32_LogicalDisk where DriveType = 5")
If @Error <> 0
? "Unable to determine the CD drive letter."
? "Please enter the drive letter of the CD Drive."
? "Enter the drive letter in this format: D:@CRLF"
Gets $CDRom
Else
For Each $Drive In $Drives
$Count = 1 + $Count
$CDROM = "$CDROM " + $Drive.Name
Next
$CDROM = Right($CDROM,Len($CDROM) - 1 )
If $Count > 1
$Drv = "drives"
Else
$Drv = "drive"
EndIf
? " Found CDRom drive $CDROM."
EndIf
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