Scripting Tool Required to Convert Directory Listing into Txt File

[GLOC]

I am about to put a wedding gallery together and the little tool I want to use requires a listing of the files and captions in the following format.

<image>
<filename>DSCF2545-agi straight on.jpg</filename>
<caption>Agi</caption>
</image>
<image>
<filename>DSCF2528-8bit.jpg</filename>
<caption>Agi</caption>
</image>
<image>
<filename>DSCF0150.jpg</filename>
<caption>Matt</caption>
</image>
<image>
<filename>DSCF0225-helen-hair-flying.jpg</filename>
<caption>Helen</caption>
</image>

For my website I did this manually which wasn't too bad, but when I am going to have 300 images, I don't want to have to do this manually.

What I want is for a script which will read a directory in windows and then output the results as

<image>
<filename>filename.jpg</filename>
<caption>filename</caption>
</image>

Is this possible and does a simple tool exist to allow me to do this?

Regards

[Neil M]

Originally Posted by GLOC

I am about to put a wedding gallery together and the little tool I want to use requires a listing of the files and captions in the following format.


For my website I did this manually which wasn't too bad, but when I am going to have 300 images, I don't want to have to do this manually.

What I want is for a script which will read a directory in windows and then output the results as

Is this possible and does a simple tool exist to allow me to do this?

Regards

could be done in excel with vba, a dir command (or two) and some parsing of the file name......

am off out but may have some time later....

Cheers
Neil

[Neil M]

Gloc...

pm incomming

[tootricky]

Originally Posted by GLOC

I am about to put a wedding gallery together and the little tool I want to use requires a listing of the files and captions in the following format.


For my website I did this manually which wasn't too bad, but when I am going to have 300 images, I don't want to have to do this manually.

What I want is for a script which will read a directory in windows and then output the results as

Is this possible and does a simple tool exist to allow me to do this?

Regards

Gareth,

If Neil hasn't sorted you out, I could knock something up in a couple of minutes.

Cheers/Nic

[lloydwatkin]

Was about to offer the same...

Other alternative, especially as you are uploading lots of images is to use something like Flickr.com, and use the api to put the content into your website. This is what I did with my own site well I cheated I used open source, but if you look at the gallery on Cardiff Scuba's site Cardiff Scuba - Photo Gallery Page I wrote a custom API link for them

Lloyd

[GLOC]

Thanks Nic and Lloyd.

I want to try and keep the feel of the galleries as the same as my main webiste, I will just increase the number of images in the grid.

I am sure Neil will produce the goods

Regards

[GLOC]

Worked a treat thanks Neil. Green incoming.

Nic and Lloyd you can have one too for offering

[Neil M]

if you need it tidying up, please let me know...

cheers
Neil

p.s. thanks for the green!