Introduction

The Volvo model pages on this web site were generated from a database built into a C++ progran that I wrote called cars.cpp. It is nothing fancy; I dumped what info I had on each model year into C structures, then wrote that information to text files that contained html tags so that a browser could be used to display the text files, anticipating how the typical user might want to access information on Volvo cars. The information in the files is sifted and sorted in a few different ways.

In case you are interested, here is the code listing:

• cars.cpp - This is the main function. It contains all the finction prototypes and most of the code. The code got too big to conveniently put into one file so I broke out the functions that contain the database into separate files for ease of programming access. The main file, cars.cpp, contains #include statements to bring the other files into itself so that, at compile time, it really is one big file. I used C++ Builder 4 as the C++ compiler but any C compiler should do the trick. It is C code. I did not uses any C++ features.
• makeall_chassis.cpp - This file contains the chassis database.
• makeall_trannies.cpp - This file contains the transmission database.
• makeall_engines.cpp - This file contains the engine database.
• makeall_turbos.cpp - This file contains the turbo database.
• makeall_cars.cpp - This file contains the car model database.
• makeall_sources.cpp - This files contains the information source database.

You are free to use this code for non-profit uses provided the appropriate acknowledgements are made. Enjoy. If you do use the code and make improvements, please do let me know.

Comments, additions, corrections? Contact me.