TC+AskParam.exe:How to pass current drive letter to askparam

[seb-]

Hi all,

i use TrueCrypt Containers for secure FileTransfer (usb stick usually).

I created 3 Custom Menu Entries in the Start-Menu of TC which are

TC Mount - uses AskParam to query for the DriveLetter to use and to query the Container Password

TC Dismount - uses AskParam to query for the DriveLetter of the mounted container that shall be dismounted

and TC Dismount all - doesnt use AskParam



My TC Dismount currently looks like

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%COMMANDER_PATH%\AskParam.exe

 /c"Drive to dismount" /p"Drive"   "%COMMANDER_PATH%\..\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe"  /s /a  /d "%%002" /q 

In http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=17908&highlight=drive+parameter i read that it is possible to get the current drive letter as Parameter (i didn't find anything in the help file of TC) using

%%CD:~0,1%%

However, if i modify my parameter list as follows

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/c"Drive to dismount" /t"%%CD:~0,1%%" /p"Drive"   "%COMMANDER_PATH%\..\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe"  /s /a  /d "%%002" /q 

TC doesnt really parse the %%CD:~0,1%%, which i thougt should represent the current drive.

Anyone knows how to achieve my goal?

TLDR: how to pass the drive letter of the current openend directory to AskParam.exe?[/code]

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
seb-

[MVV]

Unfortunately %CD:~0,1% is an internal cmd.exe's extension, it is not supported in other places. You can however call AskParam from cmd.exe to get it working:

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Command: cmd.exe /c start "" "%COMMANDER_PATH%\AskParam.exe"
Parameters: /c"Drive to dismount" /t"%%CD:~0,1%%" /p"Enter drive letter:" "%COMMANDER_PATH%\..\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe" /s /a /d "%%001" /q
Path: EMPTY!
Minimized: Yes

It seems that there is no way to get drive letter from TC directly.

[seb-]

You can however call AskParam from cmd.exe to get it working. (...)

It seems that there is no way to get drive letter from TC directly.

Thanks. This does the job just as i want it.

Maybe Christian can consider Drive Letter as a Parameter for later Versions.
There is so many parameters to use (in button bar as well) which are documented in the Helpfile that one additional Parameter for the drive letter wouldn't do any bad, would it?

Thanks again MVV!