Is There a way to command..to open and close a CD tray?

[Fasasoftware]

Is There a way to command..to open and close a cd?

i need a solution cross-platform at least for window10 and mac os x for livecode community.....

I s there an easy way??? i know...livecode do not do....why???

Thanks a lot in advance,
Lestroso

[Klaus]

Buonasera Lestroso,

what exactly do you mean with "open and close a cd"?

To "open" a card you need to "go to cd xyz" and to "close" it you need to go to another card or close the stack. Is that what you are looking for? Of course this can be scripted.

Best

Klaus

[DavJans]

Something like this?

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on rawKeyDown pKey
   --F1
   if pKey is "65470" then
   go to next card
   --or go to card "card name"
   else
      pass rawKeyDown
   end if
end rawKeyDown

[bogs]

I believe he means a 'cd/dvd player', not a cd(card). I could be wrong though.

[Fasasoftware]

Yes, bogs, i'm sorry...you're right....

i need a command to eject the cd inside the computer..is there a manner cross platform?? thanks a lot..

i saw the trick...launch the applescript to do that...ok but in windows??? ok....in addition the launch command don't work....

thanks a lot...

lestroso

[Fasasoftware]

This applescript works fine! how i can launch this?? the command "launch" don't open any app!!!
i have made an app from this code....manually ok work but i f put a button and the script launch don't work...

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tell application "Finder"
    eject (disks whose ejectable is true)
end tell

Best regards,

Lestroso

[bogs]

I believe what you are going to wind up using is "shell" function, probably within an if/then or case/switch statement (since you'll have to issue different command line functions based on windows/mac), but maybe someone else has actually played with ejecting cds/dvds and will know better.

[Klaus]

AHA!

OK, on the Mac you can use shell to open and close the CD try:

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...
## Open:
get shell("drutil tray eject")
...
## Close:
get shell("drutil tray close")
...

Tested and works!

Since this is still listed in the dictionary you could try this on Windows:

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...
## Open:
get MCISendString("set cdaudio door open")
...
## Close
get MCISendString("set cdaudio door closed")
...

No idea if and how it will work if you have more than one CD/DVD device attached to your machine.


Best

Klaus

[Fasasoftware]

thank a lot klaus.... i'll try your code...thanks again...
cheers!
Lestroso

[mrcoollion]

For Windows you may find the answer in the link below in combination with using the 'get shell' or 'get MCISendString' commands in livecode as the great Klaus suggested .

https://superuser.com/questions/972447/ ... le_rich_qa

Never tried it myself so you have to experiment

Regards,

Paul

[Fasasoftware]

Dear friends,

i have tryed this script for Mac os x in a button :

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on mousedown
## Open:
get shell("drutil tray eject")
end mousedown

This works very fine!!!! Now i will try for windows...Thanks a lot to everybody!!!
Best regards,
Lestroso

[Klaus]

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on mousedown
## Open:
get shell("drutil tray eject")
end mousedown

This works very fine!!!!

That's what I meant with "Tested and works".

[bogs]

This works very fine!!!!

That's what I meant with "Tested and works".

He's just confirming your not exploiting a bug

[Klaus]

This works very fine!!!!

That's what I meant with "Tested and works".

He's just confirming your not exploiting a bug

OK, I think can live with that.