Updates

Just a couple of small changes: Updated session.downloadFile to use current proxy settings. Updated tool-tips in script editor to accurately reflect API changes. With a little luck we’ll be having a 6.0 release in the next week or so…

Several minor fixes in this release: Fixed an issue related to renaming scraping sessions. Added a couple of check boxes to wrap text to the proxy panels. Made a fix to ensure consistency in line wrapping the last response text box. Now centering the search result in the proxy. Fixed text related to the edition … Read moreVersion 5.5.40a of screen-scraper Released

Several small fixes in this update: Now determining whether or not to save on individual key strokes. Fixed a bug related to displaying the start page and handling history. Fixed a bug related to deleting multiple items. Fixed a few minor memory leaks. Now stripping internal anchors off of redirect URL’s.

Several small changes in this one: Fixed a bug related to duplicate token editor windows. Add buttons to wrap text and find within the request/response of a proxy transaction. Now using %20 instead of + to represent a space character when encoding GET/POST parameters. Now correctly displaying encoded GET/POST parameters in scrapeable file proxy comparer. … Read moreVersion 5.5.37a of screen-scraper Released

Several changes in this one: Added the following methods: session.setStopScrapingOnScriptError, session.setStopScrapingOnMaxRequestAttemptsReached, session.setStopScrapingOnExtractorPatternTimeout, scrapeableFile.getMaxRequestAttemptsReached, scrapeableFile.getExtractorPatternTimedOut. Fixed a bug related to prompting for save upon exit. Deprecated proxy scripting.  Can be re-enabled via the AllowProxyScripting property. Fixed a minor memory leak in the workbench. Updated the .NET driver to work with COM-based applications. Added initial support for … Read moreVersion 5.5.36a of screen-scraper Released

The holiday enhancements have spilled over into 2012: Added “Always at the end” option to force scripts to run at the end of a scraping session, even if it gets stopped prematurely. The prompt to save dialog box only shows on exit when a change has actually been made. Added a keyboard shortcut to the … Read moreVersion 5.5.33a of screen-scraper Released

Things have cooled down for us a bit over the holidays, so we’ve been able to carve out time for a number of bug fixes and feature enhancements.  Here’s the list: Fixed a threading issue related to the REST interface. Added classes and methods related to decoding images. Fixed a bug related to use of … Read moreVersion 5.5.32a of screen-scraper Released

A few fixes in this release: Fixed a bug that was causing the user-agent header to be duplicated. Fixed a bug where a deleted recent script still shows in the script drop-down list. Fixed a bug related to multi-exports.

Just a few changes: Deprecated caching and filtering data sets (can be re-enabled with EnableCachingAndFilteringDataSets property). Now automatically swapping extractor pattern tokens for embedded variables in certain fields in the workbench (e.g., in the URL field ~@FOO@~ is changed to ~#FOO#~). Added a “Find” button to the “Last Request” tab.

Get ready, kiddies, this is a big one!  Found myself with some time on my hands, so I got some things done that have needed doing for a while.  Plus I added in a few little goodies that have been rolling around in my head.  Enjoy! Now outputting message as a warning when extractor pattern … Read moreVersion 5.5.23a of screen-scraper Released