atw: Re: Internal Resource Map
- From: "Terry Dowling" <Terrence.Dowling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:00:32 +0800
I'm not sure if you'd find this helpful but you can 'pipe' the file
locations and filenames of a directory structure to a *.txt file using
the output of a DOS 'dir' command. You can then
edit/search/manipulate/hyperlink... the information within MSWord. It is
good for an initial dump of the file info; the updating could be
tedious.
Terry
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Fredric
Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 7:07 AM
To: 'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: atw: Re: Internal Resource Map
Many thanks for your considered replies. These have saved me a lot of
time and from going down a path that may have been never ending.
I'm a bit blown away by the potential complexity of providing a resource
map of some kind for our organisation. I guess I was hoping for
something like a magical open source (read free) software solution that
would solve all my problems with minimal effort.
Although I didn't specify it in my original email, because I didn't
really know what I was looking for, I was hoping for a solution that is
either free or low cost, and also a solution that doesn't require moving
resources into some kind of content management system/database/etc; i.e
I would like to leave resources in their current locations and provide a
map to those locations. The other primary consideration is that some
resources are location on websites, so it is not just a matter of
mapping to LAN/Intranet folders.
With the points above in mind, I think that Bruce's reply is closest to
a workable solution for our company. Unfortunately this solution relies
on Excel skills that are more advanced than my current skills.
Oh well, better get reading and start improving those skills. Any
samples of Excel worksheets or VBA would be gratefully received.
Thanks again,
Ken Fredric
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