Make your CD-ROM drive open using the mciSendString API.

by Lame_Joker (2 Submissions)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Tue 26^th June 2001
Date Added: Mon 8^th February 2021
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API Declarations
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

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1) named "Open"
2) Named "Close"

' Write those lines to open:

Private Sub Open_Click()
mciSendString "Set cdaudio door Open", returnstring, 127, 0 
End Sub

' Write those lines to close:

Private Sub Close_Click()
mciSendString "Set cdaudio door Closed", returnstring, 127, 0 
End Sub

' Thats all! Try it out by clicking one of the buttons :)

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