Jeff,
1. To get the volume label, you could try:

ADIR(laDir,"D:\","DV")

2. FOPEN(, 10) and FILETOSTR() should work with files on a CD.

HTH
>I have a program that uses low-level file functions to catalog files found on a CD-ROM drive. I have two questions.
>
>#1 - how do I find the volume label of a drive? I found this on the KB but am not able to turn it around to tell me what the current volume is.
>
> DECLARE INTEGER SetVolumeLabel IN Win32API STRING lcRootPath,;
> STRING lcVolumeLabel
>
> liRetVal = 0
> * Message box with OK/Cancel buttons
> liRetVal = MESSAGEBOX("Insert scratch floppy disk in drive A:",;
> 1)
>
> * Handle non-OK selection from message box
> IF liRetVal # 1
> RETURN
> ENDIF
>
> lcVolumeLabel = "Test"
> = SetVolumeLabel ("A:\", lcVolumeLabel)
>
>#2 - How can I FOPEN(cfilename,10) &Read_Only Un_buffered a file on a CD-ROM to read the files. I had to work around this problem by copying the file to the HD before fopen()'ing it.
>
>TIA