Hi folks,

I need to write a little database+GUI that lists drivers by OS,
manufacturer, version, and device type, to help our technicians to
find drivers for specific computer models and devices. The raw data is
already extracted from the drivers via a script, and right now I write
it into an csv file and use Excel's sorting and filtering
capabilities, which is sufficient for me.

Now some workmates keep bugging me to make the whole thing look a bit
nicer, and they also keep saying that XML was such a great thing to
have, and that "modern" applications *must* be written in HTML so one
can use the Internet Explorer as a front end, and nobody needs Excel
or Access any more (regardless of the fact that they already have it
on their PCs for different reasons). Beeing quite familiar with
programming on C, delphi, Aaccess (vba) I could also write a little
app that makes the whole thing look a bit nicer, but  why not use this
little problem as a start to get familiar with web stuff, but I need
someone who points me in the right directions.

There are many examples of similar webpages around, e.g. the different
manufacturer's support sites, that let me select tools and drivers
depending on computer models, they basically deal with the same kind
of problem. I do, however, have no idea what programming capabilities
they have sunk into their websites, and what infrastructure they have
in the background. 

A pointer to a tutorial/code sample would be of great help. Since my
current driver list has only around 1000 lines I don't want to use a
database engine, but only a text (XML) file driven design, with
nothing than Internet Explorer/Firefox on the client.

Thanks,

Armin-