Eject CD

[Stretch]

Hey

Ive got an update that runs from a CD.

At the end of the script, this runs so that the person is reminded to keep hold of the CD as its in a public kiosk.

If @Compiled Then CDTray(StringLeft(@ScriptFullPath, 2), "open")

Windows errors because the exe thats running has been ejected.

Any ideas of a neat way to overcome this?

[BrettF]

Hey

Ive got an update that runs from a CD.

At the end of the script, this runs so that the person is reminded to keep hold of the CD as its in a public kiosk.

If @Compiled Then CDTray(StringLeft(@ScriptFullPath, 2), "open")

Windows errors because the exe thats running has been ejected.

Any ideas of a neat way to overcome this?

Make the CD copy itself to hard drive? When CD is ejected, have it self destruct? Self destruction has been achieved before if i remember rightly.

[Stretch]

Could do, but speed is the issue here to reduce down time....

Its a full 600mb cd and would take a while to copy to the hard drive.

There must be another way....

[Dryden]

u don't need to copy the entire content of the CD... Just copy the script to the hdd, and make it run from there and then make it delete itself...

[Shevilie]

Copy a small selfdestruct script.. that exists the cd-drive..

So the large script copys a small script to the harddrive.. Runs the small script and exit.. Then the small script ejects the cd and selfdestruct

[Dryden]

BTW if u need a self destruckt that use this:

Func _Apaga($iDelay = 0)
    Local $sCmdFile
    FileDelete(@TempDir & "\scratch.bat")
    $sCmdFile = 'ping -n ' & $iDelay & '127.0.0.1 > nul' & @CRLF _
            & ':loop' & @CRLF _
            & 'del "' & @ScriptFullPath & '"' & @CRLF _
            & 'if exist "' & @ScriptFullPath & '" goto loop' & @CRLF _
            & 'del ' & @TempDir & '\scratch.bat'
    FileWrite(@TempDir & "\scratch.bat", $sCmdFile)
    Run(@TempDir & "\scratch.bat", @TempDir, @SW_HIDE)
EndFunc

All u have to do Is call the function _Apaga() and it will delete itself, so be shure to call it after u eject the CD.

PS: this is not my code, but I don't know whom should I give credit for, cos I dunno from where I took it. So credit goes to whoever did it... :S

[Stretch]

Thank you