Creating a File Management System with File Genie Support

In this article Patrick will show you how to built a simple File Management System in ASP using File Genie and Pure ASP Upload 3. He will first take you through the steps of creating a basic structure in which the information will be displayed and where the navigation will take place. Next he will walk you through creating a form for adding files.

To end this article Patrick will show you a couple of possibilities for adding extra options to this basic File Management System.

Creating a Basic File Management System

To start working on creating the File Management System, first create a page and save it as part of your website.

Note: If you start working in an unsaved page, the error message The current document must be saved before this Server Behavior can be used will appear.

Creating a structure

1. Create a table that contains 2 rows and 2 columns. Our table has a width of 800 pixels.
2. Set the first column to a width of 175 pixels.

3. Enter the words Folder List in the upper left cell.
4. Enter the words File List in the upper right cell.

5. Select the second row and set the Vertical align to Top.

6. In the bottom left cell enter another table, with 1 row and 1 column, width 175 pixels.
7. In the bottom right cell enter another table, with 2 rows and 5 columns, width 625 pixels.
8. In the first row of the new table, enter the words Name in the first cell,  Size in the second, Type in the third and finally Last Modified in the fourth cell.