copying folder to cd in vb

Is is possible to copy a complete folder eg: c:\program files\myapp\data i.e all files and subfolders to a new folder on a cd using vb and neroCOM?

Yes it is possible but you have to recursively build the ISO tree yourself. You can see a sample code sent by one of the forum members at: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....threadid=77167

Thanks for the reply, but I have already seen this example, it seems to be for vb.net and not vb6 and it seems vb6 is unable to find definitions for several functions. Is what i ask possible in vb6?

Mike

It sure is, but it must be implemented in a different fashion, mostly by replacing undefined functions with their VB6 counterparts.

Perhaps other members have some ready made VB6 functions.

I have tried the following code in the nero fiddles sample, but the marked line in the copy directory function causes errors, any ideas?


Option Explicit

Public WithEvents nero As nero
Public drives As INeroDrives
Public WithEvents drive As NeroDrive
Public cnt As Integer
Public Folder As INeroFolder
Public strMessages As String
Dim isotrack As NeroISOTrack
Dim file As NeroFile

Public Function CopyDirectory(ByVal mySourcePath As String) As Boolean
Dim myCurrentFolder
Dim myCurrentFolderName As String
Dim myFolderObject
Dim myfolder
Dim mySubFolderList
Dim myCopyFile
Dim myI As Integer
Dim myRememberI As Integer
Dim myX
Dim myNfolder As New NeroFolder

CopyDirectory = False
'MkDir Targetpath
Set myFolderObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myfolder = myFolderObject.GetFolder(mySourcePath)
Set mySubFolderList = myfolder.SubFolders

For Each myCurrentFolder In mySubFolderList

For myI = Len(myCurrentFolder) To 1 Step -1
If Mid$(myCurrentFolder, myI, 1) = "\" Then
Exit For
End If
myRememberI = myI
Next

If myRememberI <> 1 Then
myCurrentFolderName = Right$(myCurrentFolder, Len(myCurrentFolder) - myRememberI + 1)
Else
myCurrentFolderName = myCurrentFolder
End If

If Not CopyDirectory(mySourcePath + "\" + myCurrentFolderName) Then
Exit Function
End If
Next

'Set myCopyFile = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'myX = myCopyFile.CopyFolder(mySourcePath, myTargetpath)
myNfolder.Name = mySourcePath
Folder.Folders.Add (myNfolder) '---- causes error - object does not support this property or method
myX = CopyAllFiles(mySourcePath)
If Not myX Then
MsgBox "Error Copying Files!"
Exit Function
End If

CopyDirectory = True

End Function

Public Function CopyAllFiles(ByVal mySourcePath As String) As Boolean
Dim myCurrentFile

Dim myFolderObject
Dim myfolder
Dim mySubFileList

CopyAllFiles = False
Set myFolderObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myfolder = myFolderObject.GetFolder(mySourcePath)
Set mySubFileList = myfolder.Files

For Each myCurrentFile In mySubFileList


Set file = New NeroFile
Folder.Files.Add file
file.Name = NameFromPath(edtFileName.Text)
file.SourceFilePath = edtFileName.Text


drive.BurnIsoAudioCD "Unison", "Backup", 0, isotrack, Nothing, Nothing, NERO_BURN_FLAG_SIMULATE + NERO_BURN_FLAG_WRITE, 4, NERO_MEDIA_CD

GoTo quit
Next

handle_error:
strMessages = strMessages + Err.Description + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + nero.LastError
edtMessages = strMessages
quit:


End Function

Private Sub Burn_Click()
Dim Source_Dir As String
Dim X As Boolean



Source_Dir = "C:\unison\bend"

btnAbort.Enabled = True
Browse.Enabled = False
Burn.Enabled = False

Set Folder = New NeroFolder
Set drives = nero.GetDrives(NERO_MEDIA_CDR)
Set drive = drives(AvailableDevices.ListIndex)
Set isotrack = New NeroISOTrack
isotrack.Name = "Unison"
isotrack.RootFolder = Folder
isotrack.BurnOptions = NERO_BURN_OPTION_CREATE_ISO_FS + NERO_BURN_OPTION_USE_JOLIET

X = CopyDirectory(Source_Dir)

If Not X Then
MsgBox "copy failed!"
End If


End Sub

Below is the function I use to populate the Nero Folder. You pass it the NeroFolder you want to populate and a FSO folder which is the start point for the file/folder iteration. You would call the sub like this;

BuildFileFolderTree nroFolder, fso.GetFolder("C:\")

Sub Definition:

'Recursive function to build the Folders/Files to burn
Private Sub BuildFileFolderTree(ByRef nroFolderToUse As NeroFolder, folCurrent As Folder)
Dim folTMP As Folder
Dim filTMP As File
Dim nroFolTmp As NeroFolder
Dim nroFilTmp As NeroFile

'Add all files in the current directory
For Each filTMP In folCurrent.Files
Set nroFilTmp = New NeroFile
nroFilTmp.Name = filTMP.Name
nroFilTmp.SourceFilePath = filTMP.Path
nroFolderToUse.Files.Add nroFilTmp
Next

'Write the sub folders
For Each folTMP In folCurrent.SubFolders
Set nroFolTmp = New NeroFolder
nroFolTmp.Name = folTMP.Name
nroFolderToUse.Folders.Add nroFolTmp
BuildFileFolderTree nroFolTmp, folTMP
Next

End Sub


Hope it is of some help.

Jason

Try removing brackets around myNfolder.

Thanks for your help, tried the code example suggested but vb won`t run it - says user type not defined on procedure declaration line - presumably one of the nerofolder or folder types isn`t known?

Tried removing brackets as suggested and got a bit further, am now getting following error:

run time error '-2147220984 (80040208)':
An asynchronous operation is in progress! You can`t have two operations at the same time

Any ideas?

Should have said it is this line which is now coming up with an error:
drive.BurnIsoAudioCD "Unison", "Backup", 0, isotrack, Nothing, Nothing, NERO_BURN_FLAG_SIMULATE + NERO_BURN_FLAG_WRITE, 4, NERO_MEDIA_CD

Does the next in your copy all files function not need to go before the BurnISO call? Just a thought.

Tried after the next as you suggest and still get same error, then tried after initial call to copydirectory, i.e. after all subfolders and files added, don`t get any errors but nothing is written to cd and get the following messages:

Reading directories
Joliet names of these files (listed here in ISO-L3) are the same:
Preparation of ISO 9660 structures failed


Windows 2000 5.0
IA32
WinAspi: -
ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.59, size=160016 bytes, created 17/06/2003 13:25:03
Nero API version: 6.0.0.16
Using interface version: 6.0.0.0
Installed in: C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\
Application: Nero - Burning Rom\ahead
Recorder: Version: 1.05 - HA 1 TA 1 - 6.0.0.16
Adapter driver: HA 1
Drive buffer : 2048kB
Bus Type : default (0) -> ATAPI, detected: ATAPI

=== Scsi-Device-Map ===
DiskPeripheral : ST320014A atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : Compaq CD-ROM SC-148E atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : AOPEN CD-RW CRW5224 atapi Port 1 ID 1 DMA: On

=== CDRom-Device-Map ===
Compaq CD-ROM SC-148E Q: CDRom0
AOPEN CD-RW CRW5224 R: CDRom1
=======================

AutoRun : 1
Excluded drive IDs:
CmdQueuing : 1
CmdNotification: 2
WriteBufferSize: 36700160 (0) Byte
ShowDrvBufStat : 0
EraseSpeed : 0
BUFE : 0
Physical memory : 223MB (228852kB)
Free physical memory: 51MB (53216kB)
Memory in use : 76 %
Uncached PFiles: 0x0
Use Static Write Speed Table: 0
Use Inquiry : 1
Global Bus Type: default (0)
Check supported media : Disabled (0)

18.12.2003
NeroAPI
09:44:36 #1 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 118
Reader running

09:44:36 #2 ISO9660GEN -11 File geniso.cpp, Line 3861
First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000)

09:44:36 #3 ISO9660GEN -3 File geniso.cpp, Line 2601
Joliet names of these files (listed here in ISO-L3) are the same:

09:44:36 #4 ISO9660GEN -6 File geniso.cpp, Line 3964
Preparation of ISO 9660 structures failed


Existing drivers:

Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)


Preparation of ISO 9660 structures failed
Burn finished NOT (3)successfully!

If you want I can email you the code I am using to burn directory contents, but I won't be able to do that until this evening (when I get home from work). The code I have got works for 1 burn, but I am still trying to solve the multisession problem with vb.

Yes please send - thanks v much.

Send to tech@unisonltd.com

Mike

Ok, have now got code which is creating CD, but all files are in the root of the CD rather than in their correct subfolder. How do I choose which folder files go into?

For reference latest code follows:

Public Function CopyDirectory(ByVal mySourcePath As String) As Boolean
Dim myCurrentFolder
Dim myCurrentFolderName As String
Dim myFolderObject
Dim myFolder
Dim mySubFolderList
Dim myI As Integer
Dim myRememberI As Integer
Dim myX
Dim myNFolder As New NeroFolder

CopyDirectory = False

Set myFolderObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myFolder = myFolderObject.GetFolder(mySourcePath)
Set mySubFolderList = myFolder.SubFolders

For Each myCurrentFolder In mySubFolderList
For myI = Len(myCurrentFolder) To 1 Step -1
If Mid$(myCurrentFolder, myI, 1) = "\" Then
Exit For
End If
myRememberI = myI
Next

If myRememberI <> 1 Then
myCurrentFolderName = Right$(myCurrentFolder, Len(myCurrentFolder) - myRememberI + 1)
Else
myCurrentFolderName = myCurrentFolder
End If

If Not CopyDirectory(mySourcePath + "\" + myCurrentFolderName) Then
Exit Function
End If
Next

myNFolder.Name = NameFromPath(mySourcePath)
Folder.Folders.Add myNFolder
myX = CopyAllFiles(mySourcePath)
If Not myX Then
MsgBox "Error Copying Files!"
Exit Function
End If

CopyDirectory = True

End Function

Public Function CopyAllFiles(ByVal mySourcePath As String) As Boolean
Dim myCurrentFile
Dim Start
Dim X
Dim myFolderObject
Dim myFolder
Dim mySubFileList

CopyAllFiles = False
Set myFolderObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myFolder = myFolderObject.GetFolder(mySourcePath)
Set mySubFileList = myFolder.Files

For Each myCurrentFile In mySubFileList

Set File = New NeroFile
Folder.Files.Add File
File.Name = myCurrentFile.Name
File.SourceFilePath = myCurrentFile

Next

CopyAllFiles = True

handle_error:
strMessages = strMessages + Err.Description + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + Nero.LastError
edtMessages.Text = Trim$(strMessages)

quit:

End Function

Private Sub Burn_Click()
Dim Source_Dir As String
Dim X As Boolean

Source_Dir = "C:\unison\bend"

btnAbort.Enabled = True

Burn.Enabled = False

Set Folder = New NeroFolder
Set Drives = Nero.GetDrives(NERO_MEDIA_CDR)
Set Drive = Drives(AvailableDevices.ListIndex)
Set Isotrack = New NeroISOTrack

X = CopyDirectory(Source_Dir)
If Not X Then
MsgBox "Backup Failed!"
End If

Isotrack.Name = "Unison"
Isotrack.RootFolder = Folder
Isotrack.BurnOptions = NERO_BURN_OPTION_CREATE_ISO_FS + NERO_BURN_OPTION_USE_JOLIET

Drive.BurnIsoAudioCD "Unison", "Backup", 0, Isotrack, Nothing, Nothing, NERO_BURN_FLAG_SIMULATE + NERO_BURN_FLAG_WRITE, 4, NERO_MEDIA_CD

End Sub

Told a slight porky last code wouldn`t create a CD, this code will.
But still don`t know how to specify the containing folder

Public Function CopyDirectory(ByVal mySourcePath As String) As Boolean
Dim myCurrentFolder
Dim myCurrentFolderName As String
Dim myFolderObject
Dim myFolder
Dim mySubFolderList
Dim myI As Integer
Dim myRememberI As Integer
Dim myX
Dim myNFolder As New NeroFolder
Dim CurrentPath As String

CopyDirectory = False

Set myFolderObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myFolder = myFolderObject.GetFolder(mySourcePath)
Set mySubFolderList = myFolder.SubFolders

For Each myCurrentFolder In mySubFolderList
For myI = Len(myCurrentFolder) To 1 Step -1
If Mid$(myCurrentFolder, myI, 1) = "\" Then
Exit For
End If
myRememberI = myI
Next

If myRememberI <> 1 Then
myCurrentFolderName = Right$(myCurrentFolder, Len(myCurrentFolder) - myRememberI + 1)
Else
myCurrentFolderName = myCurrentFolder
End If

If Not CopyDirectory(mySourcePath + "\" + myCurrentFolderName) Then
Exit Function
End If
Next

For myI = Len(mySourcePath) To 1 Step -1
If Mid$(mySourcePath, myI, 1) = "\" Then
Exit For
End If
myRememberI = myI
Next

If myRememberI <> 1 Then
CurrentPath = Right$(mySourcePath, Len(mySourcePath) - myRememberI + 1)
Else
CurrentPath = mySourcePath
End If

myNFolder.Name = CurrentPath
Folder.Folders.Add myNFolder
myX = CopyAllFiles(mySourcePath)
If Not myX Then
MsgBox "Error Copying Files!"
Exit Function
End If

CopyDirectory = True

End Function

Public Function CopyAllFiles(ByVal mySourcePath As String) As Boolean
Dim myCurrentFile
Dim Start
Dim X
Dim myFolderObject
Dim myFolder
Dim mySubFileList

CopyAllFiles = False
Set myFolderObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set myFolder = myFolderObject.GetFolder(mySourcePath)
Set mySubFileList = myFolder.Files

For Each myCurrentFile In mySubFileList

Set File = New NeroFile
Folder.Files.Add File
File.Name = myCurrentFile.Name
File.SourceFilePath = myCurrentFile

Next

CopyAllFiles = True

handle_error:
strMessages = strMessages + Err.Description + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + Nero.LastError
edtMessages.Text = Trim$(strMessages)

quit:

End Function

Private Sub Burn_Click()
Dim Source_Dir As String
Dim X As Boolean

Source_Dir = "C:\unison\bend"

btnAbort.Enabled = True

Burn.Enabled = False

Set Folder = New NeroFolder
Set Drives = Nero.GetDrives(NERO_MEDIA_CDR)
Set Drive = Drives(AvailableDevices.ListIndex)
Set Isotrack = New NeroISOTrack

X = CopyDirectory(Source_Dir)
If Not X Then
MsgBox "Backup Failed!"
End If

Isotrack.Name = "Unison"
Isotrack.RootFolder = Folder
Isotrack.BurnOptions = NERO_BURN_OPTION_CREATE_ISO_FS + NERO_BURN_OPTION_USE_JOLIET

Drive.BurnIsoAudioCD "Unison", "Backup", 0, Isotrack, Nothing, Nothing, NERO_BURN_FLAG_SIMULATE + NERO_BURN_FLAG_WRITE, 4, NERO_MEDIA_CD

End Sub

All the files in the subfolders end up in the root folder of the cd instead of the correct place in the tree structure, can anyone tell me why and how to fix?

Thanks
Mike

Did you get the code I emailed you? That works fine, maybe you can compare it to the code you are writing.

No did not get - it is a shared mailbox and I think someone else must have deleted! Can you send it to my personal email - mikekay2@supanet.com

Thanks in advance

Mike

Cheers Jason - got round to trying your code and works fine - so put it into my code if thats ok. Copy of my code is below - had several people aking for it.

Only problem I have now is making the cd readable in a standard CD Rom drive, presumably there is a flag somewhere for this but I can`t find it - can anyone help?

Mike




Option Explicit

Public WithEvents Nero As Nero

Public WithEvents Drive As NeroDrive

Dim Drives As INeroDrives
Dim Folder As INeroFolder
Dim Isotrack As NeroISOTrack
Dim File As NeroFile

Private Sub cmd_Abort_Click()
Nero.Abort
End Sub

'Recursive function to build the Folders/Files to burn
Private Sub BuildFileFolderTree(ByRef nroFolderToUse As NeroFolder, folCurrent As Folder)
Dim folTMP As Folder
Dim filTMP As File
Dim nroFolTmp As NeroFolder
Dim nroFilTmp As NeroFile

'Add all files in the current directory
For Each filTMP In folCurrent.Files
Set nroFilTmp = New NeroFile
nroFilTmp.Name = filTMP.Name
nroFilTmp.SourceFilePath = filTMP.Path
nroFolderToUse.Files.Add nroFilTmp
Next

'Write the sub folders
For Each folTMP In folCurrent.SubFolders
Set nroFolTmp = New NeroFolder
nroFolTmp.Name = folTMP.Name
nroFolderToUse.Folders.Add nroFolTmp
Call BuildFileFolderTree(nroFolTmp, folTMP)
Next

End Sub

Private Sub cmd_Burn_Click()
Dim Source_Dir As String
Dim X As Boolean
Dim temp
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject

Source_Dir = "C:\unison\bend"
lst_Messages.Clear

cmd_Abort.Enabled = True
cmd_Burn.Enabled = False

Set Folder = New NeroFolder
Set Drives = Nero.GetDrives(NERO_MEDIA_CDR)
Set Drive = Drives(lst_AvailableDevices.ListIndex)
Set Isotrack = New NeroISOTrack

Call BuildFileFolderTree(Folder, FSO.GetFolder(Source_Dir))

Isotrack.Name = "Unison"
Isotrack.RootFolder = Folder
Isotrack.BurnOptions = NERO_BURN_OPTION_CREATE_ISO_FS + NERO_BURN_OPTION_USE_JOLIET
If Drive.Capabilities And NERO_CAP_BUF_UNDERRUN_PROT Then
Drive.BurnIsoAudioCD "Unison", "Backup", 0, Isotrack, Nothing, Nothing, NERO_BURN_FLAG_WRITE + NERO_BURN_FLAG_BUF_UNDERRUN_PROT, 0, NERO_MEDIA_CD
Else
Drive.BurnIsoAudioCD "Unison", "Backup", 0, Isotrack, Nothing, Nothing, NERO_BURN_FLAG_WRITE, 0, NERO_MEDIA_CD
End If

End Sub

Private Sub drive_OnAborted(Abort As Boolean)
Abort = False
End Sub

Private Sub drive_OnAddLogLine(TextType As NEROLib.NERO_TEXT_TYPE, Text As String)
If Not SplitText(Text) Then
MsgBox "Error Splitting Message Data!"
End If
End Sub

Private Function SplitText(ByVal Data As String) As Boolean
Dim temp As String
Dim I As Integer

SplitText = False

temp = ""
For I = 1 To Len(Data)
If Mid$(Data, I, 1) = Chr$(13) Then
lst_Messages.AddItem Trim$(temp)
temp = ""
ElseIf Mid$(Data, I, 1) <> Chr$(10) Then
temp = temp + Mid$(Data, I, 1)
End If
Next
If temp <> "" Then
lst_Messages.AddItem Trim$(temp)
End If
If lst_Messages.ListCount <> 0 Then
lst_Messages.ListIndex = lst_Messages.ListCount - 1
lst_Messages.Refresh
End If
SplitText = True

End Function

Private Sub drive_OnDoneBurn(StatusCode As NEROLib.NERO_BURN_ERROR)
Dim strMessages As String

If Not SplitText(Nero.ErrorLog) Then
MsgBox "Error Splitting Message Data!"
End If
If Not SplitText(Nero.LastError) Then
MsgBox "Error Splitting Message Data!"
End If

strMessages = "Burn finished "
If StatusCode <> NEROLib.NERO_BURN_OK Then
strMessages = strMessages + "NOT Successfully (" & StatusCode & ")"
Else
strMessages = strMessages + "Successfully"
End If

lst_Messages.AddItem strMessages
If lst_Messages.ListCount <> 0 Then
lst_Messages.ListIndex = lst_Messages.ListCount - 1
lst_Messages.Refresh
End If
cmd_Abort.Enabled = False

cmd_Burn.Enabled = True
pgs_progress1.Value = 0

End Sub

Private Sub drive_OnDoneWaitForMedia(Success As Boolean)
lst_Messages.AddItem "Done waiting for media."
If lst_Messages.ListCount <> 0 Then
lst_Messages.ListIndex = lst_Messages.ListCount - 1
lst_Messages.Refresh
End If
End Sub

Private Sub drive_OnProgress(ProgressInPercent As Long, Abort As Boolean)
Abort = False
pgs_progress1.Value = ProgressInPercent
End Sub

Private Sub drive_OnSetPhase(Text As String)
If Not SplitText(Text) Then
MsgBox "Error Splitting Message Data!"
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Initialize()
Dim myIndex As Integer
Set Nero = New Nero

pgs_progress1.Value = 0
lst_Messages.Clear

Set Drives = Nero.GetDrives(NERO_MEDIA_CDR)

For myIndex = 0 To Drives.Count - 1
lst_AvailableDevices.AddItem Drives(myIndex).DeviceName, myIndex
Next
'set to second item (normally would use first or allow to select?)
lst_AvailableDevices.ListIndex = 1
ErrHandler:
Exit Sub
End Sub

Private Sub nero_OnMegaFatal()
lst_Messages.AddItem "A mega fatal error has occurred."
If lst_Messages.ListCount <> 0 Then
lst_Messages.ListIndex = lst_Messages.ListCount - 1
lst_Messages.Refresh
End If
End Sub

Private Sub nero_OnNonEmptyCDRW(Response As NEROLib.NERO_RESPONSE)
lst_Messages.AddItem "CD-RW not empty!"
If lst_Messages.ListCount <> 0 Then
lst_Messages.ListIndex = lst_Messages.ListCount - 1
lst_Messages.Refresh
End If
Response = NERO_RETURN_EXIT
End Sub

Private Sub nero_OnRestart()
lst_Messages.AddItem "The system is being restarted."
If lst_Messages.ListCount <> 0 Then
lst_Messages.ListIndex = lst_Messages.ListCount - 1
lst_Messages.Refresh
End If
End Sub

Private Sub nero_OnWaitCD(WaitCD As NEROLib.NERO_WAITCD_TYPE, WaitCDLocalizedText As String)
If Not SplitText(WaitCDLocalizedText) Then
MsgBox "Error Splitting Message Data!"
End If
End Sub

Private Sub nero_OnWaitCDDone()
lst_Messages.AddItem "Done waiting for CD."
If lst_Messages.ListCount <> 0 Then
lst_Messages.ListIndex = lst_Messages.ListCount - 1
lst_Messages.Refresh
End If
End Sub

Private Sub nero_OnWaitCDMediaInfo(LastDetectedMedia As NEROLib.NERO_MEDIA_TYPE, LastDetectedMediaName As String, RequestedMedia As NEROLib.NERO_MEDIA_TYPE, RequestedMediaName As String)
lst_Messages.AddItem "Waiting for a particular media type:"
If Not SplitText(RequestedMediaName) Then
MsgBox "Error Splitting Message Data!"
End If
End Sub

Private Sub nero_OnWaitCDReminder()
lst_Messages.AddItem "Still waiting for CD..."
If lst_Messages.ListCount <> 0 Then
lst_Messages.ListIndex = lst_Messages.ListCount - 1
lst_Messages.Refresh
End If
End Sub

Hello....

I used the above example (Nice job by the way!) But the problem I am getting is that there are no files showing up on the CD! The CD looks like it burnt (I see the data ring), but explorer shows no files....

There were no error messages given and everything looks like it worked.

I'm pretty new to this process..so, I could easliy be missing a 'close CD' or finalize cd option.

Thanks.

J

In the form initialize event I hard code the selected device to be the 2nd CD drive (right for my needs) if your CD burner is the first one found then you could be selecting the nero image recorder rather than the actual CD burner, try selecting this from the drop down box.

That seems to have fix it...thanks....Didn't even think of that though...cause, durning the 'burn', the CDburner lighted up and looked like it was burning...and then when it was done...the disc had a visible ring where it looked like there was data burnt to it.

Anyway, thanks for the tip......great code by the way....

Jimmy