Open and close a CD Drive

The following code lets you open and close a cd rom drive

Private Declare Function mciSendString Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "mciSendStringA" (ByVal lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As String, ByVal uReturnLength As Long, ByVal hwndCallback As Long) As Long

Private Sub cmdOpenCD_Click()
Dim lRet As Long
    lRet = mciSendString("set CDAudio door open", returnstring, 127, 0)
End Sub
Private Sub cmdCloseCD_Click()
Dim lRet As Long
    lRet = mciSendString("set CDAudio door closed", returnstring, 127, 0)
End Sub

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