Getting the Finder to display your list of files

Question

Hi all,
The program I am contemplating would create a list of files that may be in several different folders. I'd like to present that list of files to the user in a format similar to the Finder's search results, letting the user move, copy or delete the files. Is there a way to tell the finder to display a list of files? I'd rather not re-invent the wheel by making a Finder-like interface since the Finder does what I want. I just need to tell it the set of files I want it to act on. I could make a temporary folder and fill it with aliases, but that seems messy. The Finder search results window is much cleaner and has the nifty expanding folder path graphic at the bottom. I've dug around some for an Applescript means of doing this and for Finder Plug-ins.
If that's possible, is there a way to get the Finder to tell me which file is selected in any particular Finder window?
Thanks,

Answer 1

<%
     File fParent=new File(getServletContext().getRealPath("/~tolmank/hsql"));
     File[] myDBFiles=fParent.listFiles();
     String name="";
     String fSize="";
     String lastM="";
     %>
<table width="50%" border="0">
<tr bordercolor="#000000" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<td width="36%" align="center">FILE</td>
<td width="30%" align="center">SIZE(kb)</td>
<td width="34%" align="center">LAST MODIFIED </td>
</tr>
<%
     for(int i=0;i<myDBFiles.length;i++){
          name=myDBFiles.getName();
          fSize=(myDBFiles[i].length()/1024)+"kb";
          SimpleDateFormat sdf=new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z" );
          Date lastD=new Date(myDBFiles[i].lastModified());
          lastM= sdf.format(lastD);
%>
          <tr>
               <td align="center"><%=name%></td>
               <td align="center"><%=fSize%></td>
               <td align="center"><%=lastM%></td>
          </tr>
<%
%>
</table>