Question about files?

[JDillard]

Okay got a quick question. I am trying to build an intranet page that has a list of files. Each file name is a link. Well I want to be able to have those links call for a specific CD that the file is on. When that CD is inserted into the computer then the file will open. Is this possible. Thanks in advance.

Josh

[ablaye]

I doubt what you are asking is possible.

[oracleguy]

Yeah, that sounds like something more suited for a regular application than a web app.

[KevinADC]

Sounds possible. The CD is just another drive, files are files. Maybe you can explain the scenario better.

[JDillard]

Okay here is a better scenario...

My boss has 13 CD's that he wants me to go through and make an index of each and every file on the CD. But instead of having just a file listing what are on the CDs I want to have a master list. So when you click on the name of a file it will tell you to put in CD # whatever. And once the CD is loaded it would open the file. Thanks again for the help.

[drhowarddrfine]

The only way to do that is to have server side code to communicate with your boss' computer. Then he'd have an app that would open the drive.

[JDillard]

No see he had to copy 13 CDs worth of files onto CDs because he had to clear up space....now he wants the CDs indexed and I am trying to go a step above by making the index linkable to the specific file on the specific CD.

[Spudhead]

It's a bit of a hardcoded kludge but you could do this just with javascript, couldn't you? Just an alert that says "click ok when you've put CD A1 in" and change the window location to whatever file when they click ok. Of course, you'd have to assume the drive letter, and make sure they didn't click "OK" until they'd put the CD in, but... well, I didn't say it'd be pretty :)