Folder View, Folder Names, and IE Frames

Greetings,
I'm using XP and IE6 and am trying to do something a bit unusual.

I have a few projects with documents in various states of completion. Each
type and each stage have their own folder, so I'm working with 9 folders.
The only way to compare the contents of different folders, as far as I know,
is to open both folders, resize them to see both, and compare.

I created an HTML file with 9 frames, each pointing at one of the folders.
Now I can open the HTML document and see the contents of all folders, even
move files from one to another. Cool.

The problem is... I have no way of knowing which folder is which without
doing a right-click > properties.

Is there a way to have the frame show the path or a title of some sort? Or
perhaps a folder view that shows the path or a title in the BODY of the
folder? (I have my folders set to display the path in the title and
address.. . but those don't show in the frames).

I'd appreciate any ideas,

Thanks,

Shane

On 7/20/2007 8:18 AM On a whim, Shane pounded out on the keyboard

> Greetings,
> I'm using XP and IE6 and am trying to do something a bit unusual.
>
> I have a few projects with documents in various states of completion. Each
> type and each stage have their own folder, so I'm working with 9 folders.
> The only way to compare the contents of different folders, as far as I know,
> is to open both folders, resize them to see both, and compare.
>
> I created an HTML file with 9 frames, each pointing at one of the folders.
> Now I can open the HTML document and see the contents of all folders, even
> move files from one to another. Cool.
>
> The problem is... I have no way of knowing which folder is which without
> doing a right-click > properties.
>
> Is there a way to have the frame show the path or a title of some sort? Or
> perhaps a folder view that shows the path or a title in the BODY of the
> folder? (I have my folders set to display the path in the title and
> address.. . but those don't show in the frames).
>
> I'd appreciate any ideas,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shane
>
>

Hi Shane,

While the HTML frame view was a fun cool thing to do, I don't know if
the limitations you've found will work.

Why not create a batch file that launches multiple Explorer windows all
at once? Then you only have to right click on the Taskbar and select,
Tile Windows Vertically (or Horizontally if preferred).

Here is a sample that launched 3 windows of different folders each in a
single pane view (for a dual pane view window use /e instead of /n):

explorer /n, d:\data
explorer /n, d:\data\wp
explorer /n, d:\data\123w


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Terry,
ooo.. hey, that could work! Thanks!

Shane
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> On 7/20/2007 8:18 AM On a whim, Shane pounded out on the keyboard
>
>> Greetings,
>> I'm using XP and IE6 and am trying to do something a bit unusual.
>>
>> I have a few projects with documents in various states of completion.
>> Each type and each stage have their own folder, so I'm working with 9
>> folders. The only way to compare the contents of different folders, as
>> far as I know, is to open both folders, resize them to see both, and
>> compare.
>>
>> I created an HTML file with 9 frames, each pointing at one of the
>> folders. Now I can open the HTML document and see the contents of all
>> folders, even move files from one to another. Cool.
>>
>> The problem is... I have no way of knowing which folder is which without
>> doing a right-click > properties.
>>
>> Is there a way to have the frame show the path or a title of some sort?
>> Or perhaps a folder view that shows the path or a title in the BODY of
>> the folder? (I have my folders set to display the path in the title and
>> address.. . but those don't show in the frames).
>>
>> I'd appreciate any ideas,
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Shane
>
> Hi Shane,
>
> While the HTML frame view was a fun cool thing to do, I don't know if the
> limitations you've found will work.
>
> Why not create a batch file that launches multiple Explorer windows all at
> once? Then you only have to right click on the Taskbar and select, Tile
> Windows Vertically (or Horizontally if preferred).
>
> Here is a sample that launched 3 windows of different folders each in a
> single pane view (for a dual pane view window use /e instead of /n):
>
> explorer /n, d:\data
> explorer /n, d:\data\wp
> explorer /n, d:\data\123w
>
>
> --
> Terry R.
>
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