Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 01/25/07 23:06

akrashid@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a simple document imaging application In this application I
> scan documents and the store them in PDF format in directories that are
> named A through Z. During the day I could have 200 to 300 new files
> in some or all the above directories.
>
> I was thinking may be there is a way that I could, using html create a
> simple web page that would scan through the above structure and display
> the PDF's as clickable links. Then a user could click on the link and
> have the PDF document open up for working.
>

Firstly, you must understand that HTML is not a programing language, it
doesn't do anything but define that part of a document, such as this is
a paragraph and that is a heading, and this is a list. For what you ask
requires scripting, and server-side to be precise.

> Any help or guidence will be appreciated.
>
> I have MS Frontpage 2003,

IMO that will not help you much, you want to automate something.

> but no web server. Files are stored on a
> windows server.

Confused here, so *who* will have access to these files. Are you
expecting folks on the Internet or on a private local LAN?

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Take care,

Jonathan
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