Windows CDROM Eject
I kind of like to use DeviceIOControl as it gives me the possibility to eject any kind of removable drive (such as USB and flash-disks as well as CD trays). Da codez to properly eject a disk using DeviceIOControl is (just add proper error-handling):
bool ejectDisk(TCHAR driveLetter)
{
TCHAR tmp[10];
_stprintf(tmp, _T("\\\\.\\%c:"), driveLetter);
HANDLE handle = CreateFile(tmp, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
DWORD bytes = 0;
DeviceIoControl(handle, FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME, 0, 0, 0, 0, &bytes, 0);
DeviceIoControl(handle, FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME, 0, 0, 0, 0, &bytes, 0);
DeviceIoControl(handle, IOCTL_STORAGE_EJECT_MEDIA, 0, 0, 0, 0, &bytes, 0);
CloseHandle(handle);
return true;
}
Here is an easy way using the Win32 API:
[DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint = "mciSendStringA", CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
protected static extern int mciSendString(string lpstrCommand,StringBuilder lpstrReturnString,int uReturnLength,IntPtr hwndCallback);
public void OpenCloseCD(bool Open)
{
if (Open)
{
mciSendString("set cdaudio door open", null, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
}
else
{
mciSendString("set cdaudio door closed", null, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
}
}