CompuServe Messages

Is this data in the form of a database or directory structure? Database: (depending on the type) You could write a VB app that would first grep the database for the different customers, then prompt you how many copyies you needed per customer. You'd enter the volume amount, then it would prompt you when it needed a CD replaced. The application could dynamicly allocate the drives for the customers. Say you had a cust. who needed two copies, while another needed 10. The app would count how many drives it could see, or how many drives the servers saw, then on a percentage basis allocate drives for customers. Directory Structure: Easier. Same as above. The only requirement here is that your data naming conventions are consistant. Now, if you are using NT or '95 allready, you have 256 char. filenames. You could then make the directory name be say 50 char., and use the other 200 for a keycode that would hold data for you CD Pressing. Another thing to think about. If this is your data, the entire CD pressing could be automated by week, month, quarter, or yearly. The app would take a datasnapshot the third weekend of the month and press it over the next week.