>You can check all possible drivies in the loop until you find CDROM
>

Declare Integer GetDriveType in Win32API String
>lcCDROM = Null
>FOR lnI=Asc("A") To Asc("Z")
>	IF GetDriveType(Chr(lnI)+ ":") = 5
>		lcCDROM = Chr(lnI)
>		EXIT
>	ENDIF	
>ENDFOR
>
>
>? lcCDROM
>

What about schmucks like me who have more than one, or who want to access a network resource? (I have a DVD drive shared to the net here.)

>

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>>Hi Nigel,
>>
>>I tried this method however, it returns a .T. when it
>>finds the cdrom drive and only if I direct it to it.
>>
>>I need to find a user's cdrom drive name, ie d:\ and assign
>>that drive letter to a path statement for my program.
>>
>>Any thoughts? Thanks and have a good day.
>>
>>Becky
>>
>>
>>>GetDriveType will do this.
>>>
>>>Declare Integer GetDriveType in Win32API String
>>>
>>>?GetDriveType("a:\") = 2
>>>?GetDriveType("c:\") = 3
>>>?GetDriveType("d:\") = 5 (CD ROM)
>>>
>>>>VFP 3.0
>>>>
>>>>Hello All,
>>>>
>>>>I need to have my program find the cdrom drive on the installation
>>>>machine and use that path to go between my program on the cdrom
>>>>and the hard drive.
>>>>
>>>>Is there an api function that will accomplish this task?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Becky