getting organized, the easy way ..

[Stefaan Meeuws]

I tend to create a folder structure on the PC's that are networket @ home.
Then, I like to use a SyncToy to manage the contents.

Here's a question: I want to use/write/steal some software that will
_generate_ a number of different folder structures, grading them with a
quotation.

This is what I'm after:

root1 --- dev --- doc --- html ---- proja
+ + +-- projb
+ +- msword -- proja
+ +- projb
+ +- excel --- proja
+ +- projb
+- src +-- vb ------ proja
+ +-- projb
+- vc++ ---- proja
+ +-- projb
+- java ---- proja
+-- projb

root2 --- doc --- proja --- src
+ +--- vb
+ +--- vc++
+ +--- java
+ +-- doc
+ +-- html
+ +-- msword
+ +-- excel
+- projb --- src
+--- vb
+--- vc++
+--- java
+-- doc
+-- html
+-- msword
+-- excel

Rather than actually create the folders, and populating them using a
_pool_of_files_ I think I need a __view__ object that discreetly hides the
technical layout of the file system.

What can I use to make headway into the design of the UI of these
"view_folders"? Spare me the wild 3d stuff for now.

One practical use of such _view_folders_ would be something I now create by
hand:

winxp --- settings --- Computer Mgt --- Svc and Apps --- Svcs
+- Dvc Mgr -------- PC1 --- Comp
+- Disk Dr
+- Disp Ad
+..... etc




here, leaf folder Svcs contains several files (with naming convention):

[mm-dd-yyy hhmm abbrev] . [htm]
[mm-dd-yyy hhmm abbrev] . [mht]
[mm-dd-yyy hhmm ] . [txt]
[mm-dd-yyy hhmm abbrev] . [xml]
[mm-dd-yyy hhmm ] . [xml]



leaf folders Comp, Disk Dr, Disp Ad, etc.. don't contain anything yet. It's
clear that mapping this MS Management Console output will be a _real_ pain
in the neck for me. If I had the courage to move ahead with it. I tend to
fill the folder structure on a need-to-know basis.

Your thoughts much appreciated!

stefaan dot meeuws at gmail dot com

[05-20-2006 2300]


(this message was also posted on "comp.home.automation" (twice, actually ..)
I take that's not an issue?