Print out of folder/dir tree

[rv_el]

Hi, i'm looking for a little program that could print out a directory tree into an image file. Basically i need a picture or way to show all the folders and sub folders in a folder.. its a massive tree, so i'm not doing it by hand.

thank you

[Rich]

Hi, i'm looking for a little program that could print out a directory tree into an image file.  Basically i need a picture or way to show all the folders and sub folders in a folder.. its a massive tree, so i'm not doing it by hand.

thank you

try opening it up in explorer and hitting the screendump button?

[Rich]

also.. in command

A:\>C:\

C:\>cd direc~

C:\>dir /p

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also just key into command prompt...

navigate to the root of the tree of which you want to create

then...

C:\>tree /f >FILENAME.txt

[rv_el]

i could may be do the text file thing. but as far as opening them all up, its 926 folders total :)

[Boris]

You need Directory Lister ? - Freeware :)

Excellent little proggy - does anything I've asked of it.

Details http://freeware.prv.pl/

Download ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/WinSite/winxp/dskutil/DirLister.exe

Directory Lister Version 0.7

Description of Directory Lister

Program goal

Directory Lister lets you list files in selected directories on hard disks, cd-roms, floppys etc. into a HTML, TXT or CSV file (listing). It's like the DIR command but MUCH more convenient.

After you generate listing, you can print it.

All you have to do is to launch generated file with either Internet Explorer or notepad and then print it with your printer.

General rules

Directories for diskettes are not read upon start. You must click on diskette icon to force reading directories.

Selecting directories

(Checked white box) - list this directory and all subdirectories recursively,

(Checked gray box) - list this directory but not all of its subdirectories (not all could also be none),

(Gray box) - list some of the subdirectories of this directory,

(White box) - do not list this directory and none of its subdirectories.

Only top-most directories checked with 'checked white box' and all directories checked with ' checked gray box' are saved to a selection file (DLS). Subdirectories are read during generation of a listing.

Command line usage

[complete_path]DirLister.exe [/l dlsfile[.dls] output[.txt|.html]] [/o configuration[.dlc]]

where:

directories.dls - previously saved list of directories to list

output - listing itself

configuration - previously saved user configuration

/l - reads list of directories, generates listing, than closes

/o - reads configuration from a file

Example:

C:\Program Files\Directory Lister\DirLister.exe /l c:\my documents\ftpdirs.dls c:\ftp\file_listing.html /o c:\my documents\myconf1.dlc

- this example reads configuration from 'c:\my documents\myconf1.dlc', reads directories to list from 'c:\my documents\ftpdirs.dls', generates 'c:\ftp\file_listing.html', and finally closes (since '/l' option was specified).

Shortcut keys

F5 - Refresh folders view

F12 - Go to 'Preview' page

Context-menu interface

Directory Lister installs itself in the context-menu by default. You can right click on any folder in Windows Explorer and choose 'DirList' from the context-menu to generate listing of that directory in that directory. Configuration for this listing is taken from 'This.dlc' file located in Directory Lister directory. Output file name is set to '_thisfolder' and extension taken from configuration file.

Description of program options

Options 1 page

Include box

Dir name - this will display directory name above the files listing. In text listing, if you also check 'File Name' checkbox, directory name will be sourrounded with two lines consisting of '-' chars.

File count in dir name - this will display file count for each directory just after directory name. This information is presented in brackets, except for CSV, where it is in separate column. If you set mask different than '*.*', this number will be counted only from files which match the mask. Subdirectoried are not counted. This is count only of files in a given directory.

Dir size - this will display directory size above the files listing. If you set mask different than '*.*' the size will be counted only from files which match the mask. This is total size of all files in a given directory and all subdirectories.

Dir date - this will display directory date.

Dir time - this will display directory time.

Dir attributes - this will display directory attributes, where 'r' is readonly, 'a' is archive, 'h' is hidden, 's' is system, and 'c' is compressed.

Subdirs - this will display subdirectories apart from files.

File number - this will display consecutive file number in front of file name.

File path - this will display files with full path, not only the file name. For CSV listing, path is placed in separate column.

File name - this will display file name.

File extension - this will display file extension. Subdirectories are assumed to have no extension (that is '.' is not perceived as extension determinant).

File size - this will display the file size and '

' string for subdirectories.

File date - this will display file date.

File time - this will display file time.

File version - this will display file version - if available. Usually version information is saved in executable files (exe, dll, ocx, etc.).

File crc32 - this will display the file CRC32 value (exactly the same as in zip/rar archives).

File attributes - this will display file / subdirectory attributes, where 'r' is readonly, 'a' is archive, 'h' is hidden, 's' is system, and 'c' is compressed.

Options box

Mask - only files which match the mask will be listed. This mask has no influence on processed directories. It concerns files only.

You can specify multiple masks separating them with ';' e.g: '*.avi;*.txt'

Wildcards ('*?') are allowed.

Example:

- Files starting from 'a', having 4 characters in name and any extension:

a???.*

- Only mp3 files:

*.mp3

Sort dirs by - you can choose how to sort directories. Sorting is done first by chosen attribute then by name.

Sort dirs descending - this will reverse the order of sorting for directories.

Sort files by - you can choose how to sort files. Sorting is done first by chosen attribute then by name.

Sort files descending - this will reverse the order of sorting for files.

Files treated all together - this option will treat files as if they were in one directory, that is numbering and sorting is done for all files regardles in which directory they reside.

Size display - displays directory and file sizes in Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes or Dynamic - depending on size, in proper measure.

Size precision - when you choose 'Size display' other than Bytes this is the number of decimal digits after the point.

Thousand separator - changes character used for separate thousands in sizes.

Decimal separator - changes character used for separate decimal numbers from integer numbers in sizes.

Listing for each dir - this will generate listing in each scanned directory under the name taken from 'Listing name:' edit. Extension is automatically added.

WARNING! This file is ALWAYS overwritten so be sure not to choose a name that will delete your own files!

Path - changes which portion of path should be displayed.

Full - will display whole path

No drive - will not display the drive letter

No parent dir - will display the path starting from the top-most selected directory.

Date & Time - changes which date will be presented for date and time options.

Remember dirs selection - this will save 'DirLister.dls' containing current selection on exit and load this selection file when you start Directory Lister next time.

Options 2 page

Output box

Text file - Generate text file. In this mode you can set widths for names, sizes and version columns on 'Options 1 page'.

HTML file - Generate html file.

CSV file - Generate CSV file. This is very useful if you want to open the output in Excel or import it to database.

HTML options box

Generate links to dirs - this will generate links to actual directories.

Normally, directory path is copied into HREF part of a tag, except for Path: No parent dir option. In this case HREF part does not contain leading '\' char, so you can copy HTML output file to parent dir of 'Top dir' and you can browse its subfolders.

Generate links to files - this will generate links to actual files. The same rule takes effect as for dirs.

Background color - changes background for HTML page.

Header background color - changes background for page header.

Header font & color - changes font and color for page header.

Dir background color - changes background for directory rows.

Dir font & color - changes font and color for directory row.

Odd row background color - changes background for odd files rows.

Odd row font & color - changes font and color for odd files rows.

Even row background color - changes background for even files rows.

Even row font & color - changes font and color for even files rows.

CSV options box

Column names in first row - includes all column names in the first row of CSV file.

Separator - a character used for separating columns in CSV file. If separator is present in a particular column then this column is sourrounded with double quotation marks (").

[rv_el]

Thanks you guys have been a great help.