Updates

Thank goodness for alpha versions! That last alpha (3.0.21a) contained somewhat of a nasty bug that would wipe out sub-extractor patterns. Apologies to anyone negatively affected by that (but thanks for helping us test the bleeding edge version!). The upside is that we’ve made a fix for that in version 3.0.22a of screen-scraper. Please give … Read moreVersion 3.0.22a of screen-scraper available

Well, we’ve been a bit delinquent in announcing new alphas. This most recent one fixes a long-standing, but rarely seen bug where extractor patterns could magically appear where they shouldn’t. There are also quite a few other little niceties and bug fixes since 3.0.14a, when we last announced an update. For those interested, feel free … Read moreVersion 3.0.21a of screen-scraper available

Yeah, it’s been a while since we announced an alpha version. This most recent one contains some nice fixes and a few new goodies that you should like. We’re using it internally, and it’s shown to be quite stable. The usual caveats apply before upgrading, though (back up your work!). We’ve also been working on … Read moreVersion 3.0.14a of screen-scraper available

We’ve had requests for this in the past, and I’m happy to report that we’re now able to deliver. You can now invoke screen-scraper from a Ruby script, via a driver we’ve just released. This was cooked up by a former employee of ours (thanks Adam!), who needed the functionality, and graciously donated his code. … Read moreRuby Tuesday

Just an eensy-weensy bug fix in this one. Don’t bother to upgrade unless you know you need it. If your screen-scraper was updated from a 2.7.x release, you can go ahead and just update in the usual manner (i.e., select “Check for updates…” from the “Options” menu). If you installed a fresh copy of version … Read moreVersion 3.0.3a of screen-scraper available

Just a couple more little bug fixes in this one. Most won’t notice any difference between this and 3.0, but feel free to upgrade, if you’d like. If your screen-scraper was updated from a 2.7.x release, you can go ahead and just update in the usual manner (i.e., select “Check for updates…” from the “Options” … Read moreVersion 3.0.2a of screen-scraper available

So it turns out that there were a couple of issues that slipped through our 3.0 screen-scraper testing. One is a bug where null session variables cause problems when they’re interpolated (e.g., ~#FOO#~) in a POST or GET parameter. The second was the omission of a file needed for screen-scraper to update itself. If your … Read moreVersion 3.0.1a of screen-scraper available

This is definitely the largest release we’ve ever done. It contains all kinds of bug fixes and new features over 2.7.2, so we highly recommend upgrading. If you’re currently running version 2.7.2.9a or higher you can upgrade via Options -> Check for updates, then follow these steps: After downloading and installing the update via “Check … Read moreVersion 3.0 of screen-scraper now available

Mostly just some minor fixes and clean-ups in this one. Our to-do list is officially empty, and this time we’re *really* not throwing in anything new. We still have quite a bit more testing to do, but, who knows, maybe this one could be the gold release… The usual caveats apply–this is alpha software, so … Read moreVersion 2.7.2.23a of screen-scraper available

This new version contains one more encoding issue that should fix garbled characters in some Latin character sets. Please let us know if you find any web sites containing characters that screen-scraper incorrectly renders as boxes or question marks. Aside from that, we’ve implemented a new HTML rendering engine, which, while still not perfect, seems … Read moreVersion 2.7.2.22a of screen-scraper available