Tao.Sdl SDK Documentation

Sdl.SDL_CDOpen Method 

Opens a CD-ROM drive for access.

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Function SDL_CDOpen( _
   ByVal drive As Integer _
) As IntPtr
[C#]
public static IntPtr SDL_CDOpen(
   int drive
);

Parameters

drive

Return Value

It returns a SDL_CD structure on success, or NULL if the drive was invalid or busy.

Remarks

Opens a CD-ROM drive for access. It returns a Sdl.SDL_CD structure on success, or NULL if the drive was invalid or busy. This newly opened CD-ROM becomes the default CD used when other CD functions are passed a NULL CD-ROM handle.

Drives are numbered starting with 0. Drive 0 is the system default CD-ROM.

Binds to C-function in SDL_cdrom.h

SDL_CD *SDL_CDOpen(int drive)
            

Example

            SDL_CD *cdrom;
                    int cur_track;
                    int min, sec, frame;
                    SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_CDROM);
                    atexit(SDL_Quit);
                    /* Check for CD drives */
                    if(!SDL_CDNumDrives())
                        {
                    /* None found */
                    fprintf(stderr, "No CDROM devices available\n");
                    exit(-1);
                }
                /* Open the default drive */
                cdrom=SDL_CDOpen(0);
                /* Did if open? Check if cdrom is NULL */
                if(!cdrom)
            {
                fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't open drive: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
                exit(-1);
            }
                /* Print Volume info */
                printf("Name: %s\n", SDL_CDName(0));
                printf("Tracks: %d\n", cdrom->numtracks);
                for(cur_track=0;cur_track < cdrom->numtracks; cur_track++)
            {
                FRAMES_TO_MSF(cdrom->track[cur_track].length, &min, &sec, &frame);
                printf("\tTrack %d: Length %d:%d\n", cur_track, min, sec);
            }
            SDL_CDClose(cdrom);
            

See Also

Sdl Class | Tao.Sdl Namespace | Sdl.SDL_CD | Sdl.SDL_CDtrack | SDL_CDClose