Hey Guys, i dont know if this is possible, but im building an intranet and
there a page thats is going to link to lots of files, but these file will be
contantly changing, adding and removing. i am wondering on that page is it
possible to have a little window with a directory browser to go through the
files?.

Thanks

> but im building an intranet

Is it a web server?
If yes- then enable directory browsing for that folder. Use options to
pretty it up.

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Yes that probally is an option but not quite answering my question which was
was, is it possible to have a browsing window displayed on a webpage. that
would show the contents,

if this is not , what is the best way to link documents to be
downloaded/viewed from a webpage and update based on new documents added to the
directory, without me having to create a link.

Thanks

I'm not sure what a 'browsing window' is exactly, but if you want to display
files dynamically then you will need to use a server side script. Any scripting
language you use will have the capability to read the server file system and
then create a list of those files and allow the visitor to click on the link to
open the file.

"lachy455" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:g9nrv2$5bs$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Yes that probally is an option but not quite answering my question which
> was
> was, is it possible to have a browsing window displayed on a webpage. that
> would show the contents,

what do you mean by "browsing window"? If you allow directory listing for
that folder, it will list all files in that folder; it's a "live" view.


> if this is not , what is the best way to link documents to be
> downloaded/viewed from a webpage and update based on new documents added
> to the
> directory, without me having to create a link.

that sounds like you're wanting more of a document management system and not
an intranet - they're not really the same thing. Perhaps if you explained
more of what you're wanting to accomplish, the purpose for this listing,
people can give you better answers.

http://www.elkingtonparkltd.com

Here is my own private web site, note that this is just for illustrative
purposes it wont even be this directory.

Ok but as you can see it is what i would like but interactive, users will be
constantly uploading new files , so creating links is to hard, or i need
something that can display links and atomically update based on new files.

So is anything like this possible??

Thanks

>So is anything like this possible??

I already answered that it is - using server side scripting.

Well can you explain further or give me some reference links, sorry i am bit of a noob when it comes to this.

What scripting language will you be using? Just search the web for examples, like 'asp list files' or 'php list files' or something similar.

I will probably go PHP, but i am lost at how to customize these codes any hints?

<?php
if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
{
if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
{
$thelist .= '<a href="'.$file.'">'.$file.'</a>';
}
}
closedir($handle);
}
?>
<P>List of files:</p>
<P><?=$thelist?></p>