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[beerbrewinstu]

Ok, so I'm compiling a bunch of information and the people that be want it to be organized and made accessible. We already have a library, made from a bunch of html web pages. Basically a bunch of nested files. Now, I was thinking instead of going through and hand coding probably 2 to 3 thousand html pages, I was thinking of just taking a list of the assets and making a skeleton of the site automatically using a program.
That, not so hard.
But I want it so it creates the nested folders and the html files. And I could do the html files in Linux buuuut in windows and manipulating the windows file system, not a clue.
I am partial to C and C++ cause that is what I'm used to.

Any suggestions? Mainly with the folder manipulation. And maybe some guidance on programing in windows, though I think I have lead on that one.

Thank ya'll in advanced!!!!

[WingedPanther]

I'm not really clear on what you're actually trying to do. This sounds like something that should be done with PHP and a database, a script to create static pages.

[beerbrewinstu]

Ok, lemme try again. We have a bunch of PDFs that need to be organized. And they way the previous people did it were with a folder system that has html files in them. For example there is a piece of equipment in a building. So you have the folder with the building name then in that folder, a folder with the name of that piece of equipment. In there there are multiple folders, manuals, tips, etc. And there are multiple html files in the folder system so someone can click through via an outside website. It is a really crappy system.
The database sounds amazing, I don't have enough experience to really know what I don't know haha. I'll look into what you suggested though.
Thanks!

[WingedPanther]

Again, you could do one of two things:
1) use PHP to read the folder/file structure and display it dynamically. This way, you write one script and only have one file to maintain. You can update the PDFs and the display auto-updates.
2) Use a database with a PHP or other application to access the the PDFs that are stored in it and served up. With a database, you could include a description of each PDF, and dynamically adjust locations/descriptions easily.

[TkTech]

If you created an entry in the site Marketplace, you could get a develloper to create such a system for you - many members on this forum are more then capable of doing so.