PickDir v1.3

[Carlo Hogeveen]

https://ecarlo.nl/tse/ToolsAndExtensions.html#PickDir

Changes were only made to the Windows functionality:

Fixed: Is now actually backwards compatible with TSE v4.

Removed Semware's NextDiskConnection() code altogether, because AFAIK it did not find unlettered drives, it did not find USB-sticks,
and it retrieved less info than the new code does.

Now for all drives shows their drive type, file system type and volume name (if they have one).
Showing the file system type is completely new.
For example:
+d: [removable fat32 MyUsbStickName]

Carlo

[Knud van Eeden]

PROC Main()

 string drivestr[_MAXPATH_]

 drivestr = ""

 CreateTempBuffer()

 while NextDiskConnection(drivestr, _INCLUDE_REMOVEABLE_DRIVES_ )

  AddLine(drivestr)

 endwhile

END

FYIO

It definitely finds also the USB sticks if adding only its parameter _INCLUDE_REMOVEABLE_DRIVES_

to NextDiskConnection().

Note: Only this tiny change repaired also PickDir version 1.1. already.

with friendly greetings 

Knud van Eeden 

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[knud van eeden]

FYIO:

PROC Main()

 string drivestr[_MAXPATH_]

 drivestr = ""

 CreateTempBuffer()

 while NextDiskConnection(drivestr, _INCLUDE_REMOVEABLE_DRIVES_ )

  AddLine(drivestr)

 endwhile

END

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Running the above TSE program gives here as output, so 12 drives.

C: [fixed]  

D: [fixed]  Elements

E: [fixed]  My Passport

F: [floppy] 

G: [fixed]  KINGSTON 1 TERABYTE

H: [fixed]  My Passport

I: [floppy] 

J: [floppy] 

K: [CDROM]  

L: [CDROM]  DTL+G3

U: [CDROM]  

Z: [fixed]  Elements

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Running PickDir v1.3.1 gives here, so 10 drives.

+ c: [fixed ntfs]

+ d: [fixed ntfs Elements]

+ e: [fixed ntfs My Passport]

+ f: [removable ntfs KINGSTON 16]

+ g: [fixed ntfs KINGSTON 1 TERABYTE]

+ h: [fixed ntfs My Passport]

+ i: [removable ntfs]

+ j: [removable ntfs]

+ l: [cdrom cdfs DTL+G3]

+ z: [fixed ntfs Elements]

Thus TSE native NextDiskConnection() command detects more drives (=CD-ROM 0 drive K and CD-ROM 2 drive U) than PickDir v1.3.1

(see on the right the native TSE output, on the left the PickDir v1.3.1

with friendly greetings

Knud van Eeden

Result of MicroSoft Windows 'Disk Management'

[knud van eeden]

FYIO:

If I change thus NextDiskConnection() in old PickDir v1.1

it gives the result with 12 drives also:

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[knud van eeden]

FYIO:

Here drive L: is shown as a CDROM drive,

actually it is not really a CDROM drive but a

removable USB stick, but a special one.

So not a real CDROM thus.

But the missing K: and U: drives are thus

assumed real CDROM drives.

Here U: is a real CD-ROM drive where you can put

disks in thus.

It shows that PickDir v1.3.1 DOES detect the U:

CDROM drive but ONLY after there is a CD-ROM disk

put inside the CDROM drive.

Conclusion: 

NextDiskConnection() ALWAYS detects the CD-ROM drives, whether a disk is inside the CD-ROM drive or not.

PickDir v1.3.1 ONLY detects the CD-ROM drive when there is a disk inside the CD-ROM drive(s).

So not really an issue.

See screenshot:

versus