Thoughts, tips, and updates on screen-scraping
Todd Wilson Several small fixes in this version: Fixed a bug related to setting the originator edition when exporting. The cursor now returns to normal after attempting to highlight data records for a pattern that doesn’t match. Fixed a bug where data records were not highlighting in the last response the very first time. Fixed an issue … Read moreVersion 5.0.46a of screen-scraper Released
Just a couple of little changes in this one: No longer truncating HTML in the “Last Response” tab. Minor bug fix to the DataManager.
A few more little fixes: The position of the divider bar on the split pane for proxy sessions is now retained. Numeric columns in tables are now rendered using the default font. Fixed a minor bug related to editing extractor pattern tokens.
A few fixes in this one: Fixed a bug where the paste sub-extractor pattern was becoming enabled after a sub-extractor pattern had been deleted. Fixed a bug where data record highlighting wouldn’t work correctly with very large HTML pages. Fixed a bug where parameters sent in a multi-part request were causing invalid responses.
Quite a few little fixes and enhancements in this one: Fixed a bug related to the data set list view not displaying correctly. Fixed an issue where anonymous proxy pool would not automatically repopulate when proxies were terminated automatically. Fixed an issue in Linux where the extractor pattern panel was a bit too large. Fixed … Read moreVersion 5.0.42a of screen-scraper Released
This one just contains a minor bug fix related to the Java keystore functionality we added in earlier.
This one takes care of a couple of bugs that slipped through in the last version: Restored the horizontal scroll bar in the last response tab. Fixed an error that caused screen-scraper to disallow testing extractor patterns.
This one contains several fixes and enhancements: Fixed a bug related to hitting the “Enter” key in the find dialog box. You can now wrap text in the last request and last response panels. Rearranged elements on the last response panel so that overlapping shouldn’t occur. The delay on the script auto-complete box can now … Read moreVersion 5.0.39a of screen-scraper Released
We recently added experimental support to screen-scraper for client/PKI certificates. Some web sites require that you supply a client certificate, that you would have previously been given, in order to access them. I say this new feature is “experimental” because we’ve only been able to perform limited testing with it. So far, it does seem … Read moreUsing Client Certificates with screen-scraper
A few bug fixes in this one: Fixed a bug related to the anonymization service. The DataManager now handles reserved words correctly. Fixed a bug related to data extraction timeout. Fixed a bug related to requests being recorded with redirects. See the Alpha Log for the full history of changes.