Frank said:
When I archive photos downloaded material to
DVD, I need the folder structure in Windows
Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.
Is there any way to copy and paste the
exploded folder structure from Explorer to a
printer so as to print this on a DVD?
This would save a lot of labelling.
Please help, Frank
Frank said:
When I archive photos downloaded material to
DVD, I need the folder structure in Windows
Explorer printed on the surface of the DVD.
Is there any way to copy and paste the
exploded folder structure from Explorer to a
printer so as to print this on a DVD?
This would save a lot of labelling.
Please help, Frank
Yes, use the tree command executed from the Dos prompt.
C:\photos>tree <enter>
I'll see if I can show you from one of my folders but
not not of Photos since I don't have a bunch of them.
C:\Program Files\Acronis>tree
Folder PATH listing
Volume serial number is B0C1-8CE3
C:.
????Acronis Disk Director
????TrueImageHome
At the Dos prompt window, up at the top is says Command Prompt;
to the left of "Command Prompt" is a tiny Dos icon.
If you right-click that icon, a dropdown menu appears.
Choose Edit, -> Mark
Then you use your mouse to drag over the output that you
want to select, so that the what you want is selected.
Leave it selected and go back to the tiny dos icon and
right-click on it again. Go to Edit, this time choose "copy".
Now you "paste" the output of the tree command into a
program like Wordpad which won't destroy its structure.
If you paste it in to notepad, the output characters
become garbled. I think it should print out Ok from wordpad.
If not, do a screen capture of the Wordpad displayed tree
screen and print it out as an image file. Image files are
easy to crop and resize to make them dvd cover size, but
you will need to do a bit of scissor work most likely.
The output looks good. I'm not sure my example is going
to look good because the Newsreader likes posting in text
format which will change the appearance. But this method
works great, so don't be discouraged if my example doesn't
work on Usenet, it will work well for your purposes.
Also if you want the files to be shown with files, perhaps
if you have photos categorized by folder and you want the
names of the photos (their filenames) also use the /f switch.
C:\Program Files\Acronis>tree /f |more <enter> produces
C:.
????Acronis Disk Director
? AutoPartNt.exe
? bootmenu_logo.png
? DiskDirector.exe
? diskdirector_full.config
? diskdirector_safe.config
? kernel.dat
? ossactiv.exe
? OSSelectorSetup.exe
? oss_activator.config
? oss_inst.exe
? oss_install.config
? parter.exe
? ramdisk.dat
? spawn.exe
? splash.run
?
????TrueImageHome
CleanUpTools.exe
de.cnt
de.hlp
-- More --
the |more command pauses between screens for captures, space bar onward.
So I provide a website for a reference that this method will work. One
more example, if you type C:\program files>tree <enter> a huge output.
C:.
????Acronis
? ????Acronis Disk Director
? ????TrueImageHome
????Adobe
? ????Adobe Bridge CS3
? ? ????AMT
? ? ? ????ar_AE
? ? ? ????cs_CZ
? ? ? ????da_DK
? ? ? ????de_DE
? ? ? ????el_GR
? ? ? ????en_GB
? ? ? ????en_US
? ? ? ????es_ES
? ? ? ????fi_FI
? ? ? ????fr_FR
? ? ? ????he_IL
? ? ? ????hu_HU
? ? ? ????it_IT
? ? ? ????ja_JP
? ? ? ????ko_KR
-- More --
which is just the directory also called folder listing.
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/1995/may95/pcn0507/pcn0507.asp
"You've seen drawings of family trees, with relatives connected by
lines. The TREE command displays DOS' version of a family tree,
graphically showing the connections between directories and the
system's structure.
To use TREE, type tree at the DOS prompt followed by the drive or path
you want displayed. If you don't specify a drive or path, the current
directory will be used. You can use the /f parameter, which would cause
the names of files in each directory to be listed as well. And if you
use ¦MORE after the parameter, the directories will be displayed one
screen at a time."
Regards,
Stephen
