Hey I am trying to write a programme in python HELP?
hopefully when its done it will eject my dvd drive and then wait say 15 - 20 seconds while i put some thing in then close the drive
and maybe open a windows displaying whats on it .
a friend gave me this a a while ago but i cant make it work
i dont have much experance with python and i think i needto down load the modules mention in the fisrt few lines of code where would i get these please
TIA
import os, time
try:
import win32file, win32api
from win32con import *
except ImportError:
print "The WinCDROM module requires the Python Win32 extensions."
raise
class Cdrom:
'''Controls for loading,ejecting, and reading cds on Win32 platforms.'''
def __init__(self, drive=None, timeout=20):
'''Accepts a cd drive letter. For example 'E:' or 'e'.'''
self.drives = []
try:
self.drive = drive[:1].upper()
except TypeError:
self.drive = ''
self.getDrives()
self.timeout = timeout
def __getDeviceHandle(self, drive=''):
'''Returns a properly formatted device handle for DeviceIOControl call.'''
drive = drive[:1]
return "\\.\%s:" % drive.upper()
def __is_cd_inserted(self, drive=''):
try:
x = win32api.GetVolumeInformation(drive)
#print "CD is inserted in drive %s" % drive
return 1
except:
#print "no CD inserted in drive %s" % drive
return 0
def getDrives(self):
'''Assign all available cd drives to self.drives. If CdRom.drive
is not already set the first drive returned becomes the default.
'''
letters = [l.upper() + ':' for l in 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz']
for drive in letters:
if win32file.GetDriveType(drive)==5:
self.drives.append(drive)
if not self.drive:
self.drive = self.drives[0]
def load(self, drive=''):
'''Closes cd drive door and waits until cd is readable.'''
drive = drive or self.drive
device = self.__getDeviceHandle(drive)
hdevice = win32file.CreateFile(device, GENERIC_READ,
FILE_SHARE_READ, None, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0)
win32file.DeviceIoControl(hdevice,2967564,"", 0, None)
win32file.CloseHandle(hdevice)
# Poll drive for loaded and give up after timeout period
i=0
while i < 20:
if self.__is_cd_inserted(drive) == 1:
return 1
else:
time.sleep(1)
i = i+1
return 0
def eject(self, drive=''):
'''Opens the cd drive door.'''
drive = drive or self.drive
device = self.__getDeviceHandle(drive)
hdevice = win32file.CreateFile(device, GENERIC_READ,
FILE_SHARE_READ, None, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0)
win32file.DeviceIoControl(hdevice,2967560,"", 0, None)
win32file.CloseHandle(hdevice)
def close(self, drive=''):
'''Closes the cd drive door.'''
drive = drive or self.drive
device = self.__getDeviceHandle(drive)
hdevice = win32file.CreateFile(device, GENERIC_READ,
FILE_SHARE_READ, None, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0)
win32file.DeviceIoControl(hdevice,2967564,"", 0, None)
win32file.CloseHandle(hdevice)
if __name__ == '__main__':
cd = Cdrom(timeout=5)
print "Running WinCDRom tests"; print
print "Listing drives:"; print
print cd.drives; print
print "Default drive: %s" % cd.drive; print
print "Opening drive door..."
cd.eject(); print
import time; time.sleep(2)
print "Closing cd drive door... (CD read attempt will time out at %s seconds.)" % cd.timeout
print
if cd.load() == 1:
print "Loaded cd successfully in drive %s" % cd.drive
print
else:
print "Unable to load cd."
print "If you have a slower drive try increasing the 'timeout' parameter."
print
print "WinCDRom Tests completed."
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