Upload folder into Supercontainer and separate it into the individual files

[crayfish]

I'm trying to figure out a way for my end users on IWP to be able to upload a folder of images to Supercontainer and then have a script that separates the images into individual Supercontainer folders so that the end user can then add titles, tags, etc to each image. It isn't practical for the end user to upload one image at a time.

I know that when a folder is placed in a Supercontainer it becomes a zip file. Is there a way to then script the unzipping of that folder and moving of the files to individual Supercontainer folders?

I also have FTPeek if that will help in the solution.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

[Smef]

The companion plugin would help you do a batch upload, but unfortunately the upload function only works with FMP, and not IWP.

What you may be able to do is upload the a zip of your photos to your server, then run a server side script to download the file to your server and trigger a batch/applescript file to unzip the file, then do a batch upload from your server to SuperContainer through another filemaker script and the SC Companion plugin. This may be the only way to allow your users to do some sort of batch uploading through IWP.

If you need help setting these scripts up, please email me at [email protected] and I will give you an estimate for the work.

Edited May 17, 2010 by Guest