Dir2xml

This is a little tool I build with the help of Screenweaver.
A dir(ectory) 2 XML tool.

I was looking for a program that could create an XML file from a directory. I found some programs that could help me with this (commandline, Printfolder, Dirhtml) but none of them creates an XML at once. So one evening I sat down, and made this in a couple of hours.

Because this is a custom solution to a specific problem, not everybody will be able to use this. I'm open to suggestions though, so drop me a line.

Dir2xml v1.0

PC and Apple

Sadly enough Screenweaver can't export to Apple (yet).
So Dir2xml will (for now) only work on a pc.

Download

You can download the EXE, SWF and FLA in a ZIP

update: new version

Licensing

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Code

The code is embedded in the fla so I'll show the code here.

////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// choose a folder to create xml from

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

this.folder_txt.text = "";

this.button_btn.btn_txt.text = "Choose folder";

this.button_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("- choose folder -");

swSystem.Dialogs.BrowseForFolder("Please choose a folder...", _root.onBrowseFolder, this);

};

// check if a folder is chosen

function onBrowseFolder(success, folder) {

if (success) {

_root.chosenFolder = folder;

_root.folder_txt.text = _root.chosenFolder;

_root.save_txt.text = _root.chosenFolder + "dir2xml.xml";

_root.file = _root.chosenFolder + "dir2xml.xml";

swDebug.trace("_root.chosenFolder: " + _root.chosenFolder);

swFile.listFolder(_root.chosenFolder, "file", "", 0, listFolder_callback, this);

} else {

swDebug.trace("- cancel browsing for folder -");

}

}

// list folder for files

// escape 250 if necessary

function listFolder_callback(success, index, data) {

if (data.length < 250) {

for (i in data) {

swDebug.trace(data[i]);

}

_root.createXml(data);

swDebug.trace(" - finished loading data from folder - ");

} else {

swFile.listFolder(_root.chosenFolder, "file", "", index, listFolder_callback, this);

}

}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// create xml

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function createXml(data:Array):Void {

swDebug.trace("createXml - " + data.length);

var writeXml:String = "";

writeXml += "n";

writeXml += "n";

for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {

writeXml += "t" + data[i] + "n";

}

writeXml += "n";

_root.writeXml = writeXml;

}

//////////////////////////////////////////////

// save xml file in

//////////////////////////////////////////////

this.save_txt.text = "";

this.save_btn.btn_txt.text = "Save as";

this.save_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("- Save as -");

_root.SaveFileIn();

};

// where

function SaveFileIn() {

swSystem.Dialogs.BrowseForFile_Save("dir2xml.xml", ["XML Files", "*.xml", "All Files", "*.*"], _root.saveFileIn, "Save File", ".xml", _root.onSaveFileIn);

}



// real save

function onSaveFileIn(success, file) {

if (success) {

swDebug.trace("User selected: " + file);

_root.file = file;

_root.save_txt.text = _root.file;

} else {

swDebug.trace("- User did not save to file! -");

}

}

// export

this.export_btn.btn_txt.text = "Export XML";

this.export_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("- Export XML -");

startSaving();

};

function startSaving() {

swFile.saveString(_root.file, _root.writeXml, false, _root.onSaveDocument);

}

// check

function onSaveDocument(succes) {

if (succes) {

swDebug.trace("- User saved -");

trace(_root.checkBox_mc.checked);

swDebug.trace(">> " + _root.checkBox_mc.checked);

if (_root.checkBox_mc.checked) {

swSystem.shellOpenDocument(_root.file);

}

} else {

swDebug.trace("- something went wrong -");

}

}

//

this.checkBox_mc.checkbox_txt.text = "Open file";

Wish list and To-do

Features:

• Recursive through all folders
• Recursive through xx number of folders
• Filters for JPG, GIF, Flash 7 images, Flash 8 images
• Hidden data in XML (kB, createDate, width, height, URL)
• …..

Do you know some features that would make this program better, let me know and drop a line.