> I have the capability to create a run-time database that would work on PCs = > and Macs... but my problem has been taking the back up copy of the database= > and getting it to import into fields... anybody who can parse out the arch= > ive so it can go into fields then I can create a searchable database that e= > verybody can download. > > --Matt Matt and others, If it's plain text files, I can parse it any way you like. Mind you, I'd have to have a better look at the raw text to see how long it would take me to write a program to do this. I can also write the parsed data into a database (*.UDL file) file via Microsoft's ActiveX Data Object (ADO) if necessary. Having said this, I do wonder what would prove the most useful format that is EASILY accessible by most of the folks interested in accessing the information. I would hesitate to say that enough folks wouldn't have a database application installed on their computer to make use of this option. Another possibility includes placing the archived text files back onto a web server so that they could be indexed by Google (http://services.google.com/cobrand/free_trial). Also see http://www.searchtools.com/tools/ for other search tools that might do the trick too. Ryuji proposed using Namazu to index them - not having used Namazu, I wonder how easy it would be to integrate Namazu's output into the HTML code. Since I'm not a web designer and I have had only a bit of experience in designing a web site I wouldn't feel confident being able to pull this off by myself. regards Peter Badcock ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.