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I am still trying to display my combobox drive in the format of IconImage,VolumeName,VolumeLabel (Example) (Image LocalDisk C:\)

This is the code so far (with changes: IsReady and Try-Catch-End Try code block):
VB
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Windows.Forms.Form
Imports System

Public Class Form1
    Public Sub New()
        Call InitializeComponent()
        Try
            If LicenseManager.UsageMode <> LicenseUsageMode.Designtime Then
                For Each d As DriveInfo In DriveInfo.GetDrives()
                    If d.IsReady Then                    
                        ComboBox1.Items.Add(d.Name &  d.VolumeLabel) 'never use + to join strings!
                    Else
                        ComboBox1.Items.Add(d.Name)
                    End If
                Next d
                ComboBox1.DrawMode = DrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed
                ComboBox1.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList
        End If
        Catch ex As IO.IOException
            'MsgBox (ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation,"IOException")
        End Try
    End Sub

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 0
    End Sub

    Private Sub ComboBox1_DrawItem(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.DrawItem
        If e.Index = -1 Then
            Return
        End If
        Dim drive As DriveInfo = CType(ComboBox1.Items(e.Index), DriveInfo)
        Dim icon As Icon
        Select Case drive.DriveType
            Case (DriveType.Fixed)
                icon = ShellIcons.HardDisk
            Case (DriveType.CDRom)
                icon = ShellIcons.CDROM
            Case (DriveType.Network)
                icon = ShellIcons.NetDisk
            Case (DriveType.Removable)
                icon = ShellIcons.FloppyDisk
            Case Else
                icon = ShellIcons.UnknownDisk
        End Select
        Dim iconbox As New Rectangle(e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y, e.Bounds.Height, e.Bounds.Height)
        e.DrawBackground()
        e.Graphics.DrawIcon(icon, iconbox)
        icon.Dispose()
        Dim text As String = drive.Name
        If drive.IsReady Then
            If drive.VolumeLabel <> "" Then
                text = text & " (" & drive.VolumeLabel & ")"
            End If
        End If
        e.Graphics.DrawString(text, e.Font, New SolidBrush(e.ForeColor), e.Bounds.X + iconbox.Width + 1, e.Bounds.Y)
        If e.State = DrawItemState.Focus Then
            e.DrawFocusRectangle()
        End If
    End Sub
End Class


I feel that this code is the closest I have come because when I try to debug it gives the error that the device is not ready which I suspect is the CDROM after placing the code in a try catch statement the C:\ And D:\ show but not CDROM and only the drive letters. Can Someone tell me where this code is wrong?

Thank you!
Posted
Updated 10-Jul-11 0:38am
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 9-Jul-11 22:45pm    
I added PRE tags to render code sample properties and removed "Plain text only. Ignore HTML tags and entities" check box. Next time do it yourself; be aware of angular brackets, replace them with HTML entities &lt; and &gt;
--SA
Dale 2012 10-Jul-11 0:43am    
Ok thank you..... do you have any idea as to why I am getting the error Device is not ready? what can i do to fix it? Im stumped
Dale 2012 10-Jul-11 0:58am    
I have been working on this literally all day because originally I had been using SHcombobox in place of this code but cannot afford to purchase it. Please help
Dale 2012 10-Jul-11 1:06am    
I have made changes to the area Public Sub new to try to display the volume name but it errors "Device Not Ready" Sorry if re-posting this seems like spam. I honestly am only looking for help in this matter and not to make anyone mad or upset.

thank you

1 solution

You need to catch error: "Device not ready". Use Try.. Catch... Finally... End Try code block.
Try...Catch...Finally Statements[^]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301283[^]
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Dale 2012 10-Jul-11 5:38am    
Ok I have made adjustments to the code but it still gives the error "Device Not Ready"

Public Sub New()
Call InitializeComponent()
If LicenseManager.UsageMode <> LicenseUsageMode.Designtime Then
Try
For Each d As DriveInfo In DriveInfo.GetDrives()
ComboBox1.Items.Add(d.Name + d.VolumeLabel)
Next d
Catch ex As InvalidOperationException
End Try
ComboBox1.DrawMode = DrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed
ComboBox1.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList
End If
End Sub
Dale 2012 10-Jul-11 5:42am    
If I change .... ComboBox1.Items.Add(d.Name + d.VolumeLabel) to
ComboBox1.Items.Add(d) it will once again work but only show the icon and driveinfo which is Icon C:\ and Icon D:\ and Icon E:\ but still no volumelabel
Maciej Los 10-Jul-11 6:02am    
On msdn-driveinfo site you'll find in remarks section: Use the IsReady property to test whether a drive is ready because using this method on a drive that is not ready will throw a IOException.
Dale 2012 10-Jul-11 6:04am    
is there a problem with the private sub draw item maybe somewhere?....
I have seen more than 60 websites with similar examples and have even made an application that displays the volumelabel in a msgbox but when I try to make the code example work in my code it loads blank and then shuts down without a error code sometimes. I have done allot of trial and error and have been up now for almost two straight days trying to figure this out.
Dale 2012 10-Jul-11 6:08am    
I have used the is ready property in my private sub draw item...... Is this incorrect to use it here?

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