Ken These errors come from non-removable drives. But I see your point.
that will be shell redirected ;( Thanks for the confirmation. Now I see what the fuss was about! cheers Xavier > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Ray > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 20:31 > To: Use Revolution List > Subject: Re: Serious Engine annoyance with is a folder on Win32... > > On 11/14/05 8:53 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So i scan the paths list to find the right folders, eliminate the > > non-existing. But I kept getting this dialog: "there is no > Disk in the > > drive. Please insert a disk into drife F:." with buttons > (cancel)(try > > again)(continue). > > Welcome to Windows... ;-) > > That's something that's been discussed quite frequently here > on the list; that when you check for a path that is on a > removable drive, Windows will do just as you describe. There > have been a few suggestions on how to handle this, but it is > different on different flavors of Windows (earlier ones will > always bring up the dialog; later ones *may* bring it up), > but the bottom line was that if you need to know from Win95 > on up, you need to use a DLL or third party utility EXE to > check whether a drive is available or not. > > See: http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/disk005.htm > > Check out the update notes at the bottom of the page. > > If you can count on only a later version of Windows, you can > test the readiness using VBS (I believe). > > > Can anyone tell me if this also happens on Macs? Linux? > > Can another PC user confirm this? > > Well, it doesn't happen on Macs because drives are uniquely > named so there isn't a specific name that refers to a > removable drive (unlike A: and B: > which are by definition removable). > > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software > Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
