Load of info for progamming this function available, I used MS Visual Studio.

sample codeOpen-Close CD Tray

I hated the heat and humidity of the Emirates, sunshine every day, nightmare

I got an advert for toothpaste so clicked the back button

We are totally honest with each other, we've never had any reason to lie about anything.

Perhaps if no one votes for your photo it defaults to a yes vote. I was surprised and a bit chuffed any of mine got approved but now that bubble is well and truly burst

I thought Win8 was written to work on a phone in the first place and according to many reviews I've read that is where it should have stayed

So far away now from original query will remove notification from this thread. Thanks for your useful input andy_bell

My solution:

Write very simply program in C#, install, with fancy icon of a CD on the desktop/task bar, thereafter a single click of the mouse, drive opens.

This program works on all my computers


Mrs Snap's laptop has a dedicated button for doing this except I could not locate a driver for it. Sony were no help

AAAARRRRgggggg They all look so good I suppose it will be all down to budget

Thanks Andy_Bell
Have looked at the Sony page, "built" a system for £630 very like what you have listed. I'm not to keen on Sony because I could see a problem replacing Win 8 and putting Win 7 on it. Mrs Snap has a Viao running Vista which I upgraded to Win 7. Had to revert to Vista using the back up dvd's as a lot of functions wouldn't work in Win 7 and could not get the appropriate drivers for the sound etc., even had to write a program to eject the dvds because as you probably know the button on the dvd drawer is a PITA not just on Sony either. There is a Sony center in Newcastle so may have a look anyway and see what they have on display.

Are you using Win 8 ?

I was having problems with the print being darker than the on screen image when printing from CS5 and CS6. If I saved the image and printed it from the directory it was saved to it printed like what was showing on screen.
Printer is Canon iX 6550
Hope that make sense