IsReady Property

Description

Returns True if the specified drive is ready; False if it is not.

PowerBASIC Syntax

PROPERTY GET IsReady () AS INTEGER

Return Value

Boolean. VARIANT_TRUE or VARIANT_FALSE.

Remarks

For removable-media drives and CD-ROM drives, IsReady returns True only when the appropriate media is inserted and ready for access.

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "windows.inc"

#INCLUDE "scrrun.inc"

DIM fso AS IFileSystem

DIM pDrive AS IDrive

DIM bIsReady AS LONG

' Create an instance of the FileSystemObject

fso = NEWCOM "Scripting.FileSystemObject"

' Get a reference to the IDrive interface

pDrive = fso.GetDrive((UCODE$("C:"))

' Check if the drive is ready

bIsReady = pDrive.IsReady

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