DriveComboBox

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Introduction

In this small example I used Directory.GetLogicalDrives() method to retieve the names of all logical drives.

Than I used GetDriveType(string driveLetter) method from kernel32.dll to get types of those drives (CDROM,FLOPPY,Local Disc etc.) so I knew what icon should be displayed next to the drive name.

The Drive names (Volume Labels) I got using GetVolumeInformation method from the same DLL as before.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

struct DriveInfo
{
    private string letter;  //drive letter : "C:\","A:\"
    private int type;       //below
    private string name;    //Disc Label

    public int Type
    {
        get 
        {
            return type;
        }
    }

    public int Icon
    {
        get
        {
            if(name=="My Computer")return 0;
            if(type==5)return 3;//cd
            if(type==3)return 2;//fixed
            if(type==2)return 1;//removable
            if(type==4)return 4;//remote disk
            if(type==6)return 5;//ram disk
            return 6;//unknown
        }
    }

    public string Letter
    {
        get
        {
            if(letter!="")return " ("+letter+")";
            else return "";
        }
    }
    public string Name
    {
        get
        {
            if(name!="")return name;
            else{
                switch (this.Type)
                {
                    case 3:
                        if(letter==System.IO.Directory.GetDirectoryRoot(
                                              System.Environment.SystemDirectory))
                           return "System";
                        else 
                           return "Local Disc";
                    case 5:return "CD Rom";
                    case 6:return "RAM Disc";
                    case 4:return "Network Drive";
                    case 2:
                        if(letter=="A:\\")return "3.5 Floppy";
                        else return "Removable Disc";
                    default:return  "";
                }
            }
        }
    }

    //TYPE:
    //5-A CD-ROM drive. 
    //3-A hard drive. 
    //6-A RAM disk. 
    //4-A network drive or a drive located on a network server. 
    //2-A floppy drive or some other removable-disk drive. 
    public DriveInfo(string strLetter,int intType,string strName)
    {
        letter=strLetter;
        name=strName;
        type=intType;
    }
}

namespace ComboBox2
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for Form1.
    /// </summary>
    public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        private System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox comboBox1;
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components;
        private System.Windows.Forms.ImageList imageList1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
        
        private ArrayList availableDrives = new ArrayList();


        [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
        public static extern long GetDriveType(string driveLetter);
        [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
        public static extern long GetVolumeInformation(string strPathName,
                                                       StringBuilder strVolumeNameBuffer,
                                                       long lngVolumeNameSize,
                                                       long lngVolumeSerialNumber,
                                                       long lngMaximumComponentLength,
                                                       long lngFileSystemFlags,
                                                       StringBuilder strFileSystemNameBuffer,
                                                       long lngFileSystemNameSize);

        public Form1()
        {
            //
            // Required for Windows Form Designer support
            //
            InitializeComponent();

            //
            // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
            //
            findLogicalDrives();
            initDriveCombo();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
        {
            if( disposing )
            {
                if (components != null) 
                {
                    components.Dispose();
                }
            }
            base.Dispose( disposing );
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code
        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
            System.Resources.ResourceManager resources
                                 = new System.Resources.ResourceManager(typeof(Form1));
            this.comboBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox();
            this.imageList1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ImageList(this.components);
            this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // comboBox1
            // 
            this.comboBox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Window;
            this.comboBox1.DrawMode = System.Windows.Forms.DrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed;
            this.comboBox1.DropDownStyle = System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList;
            this.comboBox1.DropDownWidth = 200;
            this.comboBox1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.WindowText;
            this.comboBox1.ItemHeight = 16;
            this.comboBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(48, 40);
            this.comboBox1.Name = "comboBox1";
            this.comboBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 22);
            this.comboBox1.TabIndex = 0;
            this.comboBox1.DrawItem += 
                        new System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventHandler(this.OnComboDrawItem);
            // 
            // imageList1
            // 
            this.imageList1.ColorDepth = System.Windows.Forms.ColorDepth.Depth32Bit;
            this.imageList1.ImageSize = new System.Drawing.Size(16, 16);
            this.imageList1.ImageStream = ((System.Windows.Forms.ImageListStreamer)
                                            (resources.GetObject("imageList1.ImageStream")));
            this.imageList1.TransparentColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
            // 
            // label1
            // 
            this.label1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif",
                                                        9.75F, 
                                                        System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, 
                                                        System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, 
                                                        ((System.Byte)(0)));
            this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 40);
            this.label1.Name = "label1";
            this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(40, 16);
            this.label1.TabIndex = 1;
            this.label1.Text = "Drive:";
            // 
            // Form1
            // 
            this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
            this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                       this.label1,
                                                                       this.comboBox1});
            this.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon")));
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "DriveComboBox";
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }
        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main() 
        {
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        private void OnComboDrawItem(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs e)
        {
                Bitmap tempBitmap = new Bitmap(e.Bounds.Width,e.Bounds.Height,e.Graphics);
                Graphics tempGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(tempBitmap);
 
                //all items with offset, but MyComputer
                int offset=0;if(e.Index == 0)offset = 0;else offset = 20; 

                //item in comboBoxEdit no space in front
                if((e.State & DrawItemState.ComboBoxEdit)!=0)offset=0;

                if(e.Index == -1)return;// ???????????

                string tempLetter=((DriveInfo)availableDrives[e.Index]).Letter;
                string tempName=((DriveInfo)availableDrives[e.Index]).Name;
                string tempString = tempName+tempLetter;
                int tempIcon = ((DriveInfo)availableDrives[e.Index]).Icon;

                tempGraphics.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(e.BackColor), 
                                   new Rectangle(0,0,tempBitmap.Width,tempBitmap.Height));
                tempGraphics.DrawString(tempString,e.Font ,new SolidBrush(e.ForeColor),
                                        new Point(28+offset,(tempBitmap.Height-e.Font.Height)/2));
                tempGraphics.DrawImage(imageList1.Images[tempIcon],
                                        new Rectangle(new Point(6+offset,0),new Size(16,16))); 
                
                e.Graphics.DrawImage(tempBitmap,e.Bounds.X,e.Bounds.Y);
        }



        public void findLogicalDrives()
        {
            string[] tempString = Directory.GetLogicalDrives();

            DriveInfo tempInfo = new DriveInfo("",0,"My Computer");
            availableDrives.Add(tempInfo);

            foreach(string tempDrive in tempString)
            {
                int tempType = getDriveType(tempDrive);
                string tempName = GetDriveName(tempDrive);
                tempInfo = new DriveInfo(tempDrive,tempType,tempName);
                availableDrives.Add(tempInfo);
            }

        }




        public int getDriveType(string drive)
        {
            if((GetDriveType(drive) & 5)==5)return 5;//cd
            if((GetDriveType(drive) & 3)==3)return 3;//fixed
            if((GetDriveType(drive) & 2)==2)return 2;//removable
            if((GetDriveType(drive) & 4)==4)return 4;//remote disk
            if((GetDriveType(drive) & 6)==6)return 6;//ram disk
            return 0;
        }


        public string GetDriveName(string drive)
        {
            //receives volume name of drive
            StringBuilder volname = new StringBuilder(256);
            //receives serial number of drive,not in case of network drive(win95/98)
            long sn= new long();
            long maxcomplen = new long();//receives maximum component length
            long sysflags = new long();//receives file system flags
            StringBuilder sysname = new StringBuilder(256);//receives the file system name
            long retval= new long();//return value

            retval = GetVolumeInformation(drive, volname, 256, sn, maxcomplen, 
                                          sysflags, sysname,256);
            
            if(retval!=0)return volname.ToString();
            else return "";
        }



        public void initDriveCombo()
        {
            foreach(DriveInfo tempDrvInfo in availableDrives)
            {
                comboBox1.Items.Add(tempDrvInfo.Letter);
            }
            comboBox1.SelectedIndex=0;
        }
    }
}

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