On Sat, 2012-12-15 at 12:21 -0500, Jim Giner wrote: > On 12/15/2012 8:26 AM, tamouse mailing lists wrote: > > On Dec 13, 2012 4:50 PM, "Jim Giner" <jim.giner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for all the posts. After reading and googling all afternoon, I > > think the best approach for me is: > >> > >> Create two macros in Word (done!) to export each of my .doc files to .txt > > and .pdf formats. > >> > >> Create a sql table to hold the .txt contents of my .doc files, along with > > a reference to the meeting date and the name of the corresponding .pdf file. > >> > >> Upload my two sets of files with an ftp client and then use a script to > > load the table with my .txt file data. > >> > > > > Why not use php to upload the set of files? > > > >> Now I just need a couple of scripts to allow a user to locate a file and > > bring up the pdf for when he wants to read about a meeting. And a second > > script to accept user input (search words) and perform a query against the > > textual data and present some kind of results - probably a listing > > containing a reference to the meeting date and a tbd-length string showing > > the matching result for each occurrence, ie, something like n chars in > > front of and after the match so the user can see the context of the match. > >> > >> Sizes - a 28k .doc file grows to 142kb in .pdf format and is only 5kb in > > .txt format. (actually, if I 'print' the .doc as a pdf instead of using > > the Word's "File,Save as", the resulting pdf is only 70kb. Might need a > > new macro!) > >> > >> Thanks again! > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > cause I dont' now how php could do such a thing? The only way I know of > is thru a 'file' input on an html page which is a pia since I would have > to do it for each file. With an ftp client I can just drag/drop the > files in 10 seconds. In the future, as I add additional docs, one at a > time, I'll have a simple html form for doing that. > I believe Chrome supports drag and drop for file inputs now. I do know that Chrome and Firefox support multiple uploads from one form element without the need for things like Uploadify. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
