How can I eject the CD-ROM drive with Dragon NaturallySpeaking's advanced scripting?

Question

Is there any way to eject the CD-ROM drive with Dragon NaturallySpeaking's advanced scripting?

Answer 1

You can use the Windows Multimedia API (also known as WinMM):

' From Larry Allen
' https://www.knowbrainer.com/forums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=12&threadid=12153&highlight_key=y&keyword1=eject
' http://archive.is/Y2ouS
' Tested with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.5 with Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate
Declare Sub mciSendStringA Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal lpstrCommand As String, _
ByVal lpstrReturnString As String, ByVal uReturnLength As Long, _
ByVal hWndCallback As Long)

Sub Main
Dim dummy As String
    mciSendStringA "Set CDAudio Door Open", dummy, 0, 0
End Sub

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