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- Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:02 pm
- Forum: Feedback
- Topic: Optional update?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 25443
Optional update?
Is there a way to disable the auto-update prompt whenever I load up HS? I'm automating the loading of the scraper for periodic use and its become a problem when the scrape data is late due to the fact that the auto-updater prompt prevented it from running.
- Tue May 08, 2012 9:09 am
- Forum: Feedback
- Topic: Separating elements outside tag blocks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15848
Re: Separating elements outside tag blocks
Yes, my problem is as you described. That's unfortunate to hear. I guess it's probably too "hacky" to interpret it as a HTML element 
- Fri May 04, 2012 3:05 pm
- Forum: Feedback
- Topic: Separating elements outside tag blocks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15848
Re: Separating elements outside tag blocks
Doesn't work. I've made a test page with the following
<html>
<body>
<div id="1">
<div id="2">Title</div>
<br/>
Hola!
</div>
</body>
</html>
Try clicking on "Hola!" - it will highlight everything, and the "Select First Child" option isn't available.
<html>
<body>
<div id="1">
<div id="2">Title</div>
<br/>
Hola!
</div>
</body>
</html>
Try clicking on "Hola!" - it will highlight everything, and the "Select First Child" option isn't available.
- Thu May 03, 2012 1:46 pm
- Forum: Bug report
- Topic: Incredible memory leak when not showing pictures
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9092
Incredible memory leak when not showing pictures
Well, this took me by surprise. In an attempt to save bandwidth, I disabled 'Show Pictures' in Internet Explorer (since Helium Scraper uses IE as the web browser). After a 20 minutes, Helium came back with a "Low on Resources!" error, which was interesting. Repeated tests with browser emulation - 7,...
- Tue May 01, 2012 12:58 pm
- Forum: Feedback
- Topic: Separating elements outside tag blocks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15848
Separating elements outside tag blocks
I've encountered a lot of sites with the following HTML structure: <div id="1"> <div id="2">Title</div> <br/> Hola! </div> The issue I'm seeing is that the "Hola!" part is selected within the div with ID=1. This means that div with ID=2 is also included, which is not desirable (it could be that div ...
- Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:58 am
- Forum: Q/A
- Topic: Automatic exporting at end of execution [update]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8623
Re: Automatic exporting at end of execution [update]
I'm trying to fully automate the scraping process, so the scraping project is connected to an external database. How may I programatically clear the database through Helium? I've been able to do it via Microsoft's JET library but as I've stated, the solution I've found does not reduce filesize, it e...
- Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:53 am
- Forum: Q/A
- Topic: Scraping a javascript pop-up menu
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7239
Re: Scraping a javascript pop-up menu
Ah thanks, didn't know there was a hotkey for Selection Mode. Currently I've been navigating the DOM using the buttons on the Selection Window, it's working so far but is a little cumbersome. Would be nice if Right-click did something specific to Helium rather than it being the browser menu, but I g...
- Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:21 pm
- Forum: Q/A
- Topic: Scraping a javascript pop-up menu
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7239
Scraping a javascript pop-up menu
How may I select elements from a javascript menu that pops up when I mouse over it and dissappears when I mouse off it - I can't activate selection mode without clicking it, so that forces me to mouse off the menu.
e.g. http://www.giantbomb.com/ can't touch the menus...
e.g. http://www.giantbomb.com/ can't touch the menus...
- Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:03 pm
- Forum: Q/A
- Topic: Adding Rows to database where last left off
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10064
Re: Adding Rows to database where last left off
Interesting... I'd like the overwrite function when I restart a scrape - at the moment it simply appends to the existing data.
- Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:30 am
- Forum: Q/A
- Topic: Adding Rows to database where last left off
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10064
Re: Adding Rows to database where last left off
Wait... how are you overwriting the table rows??? I'm adding onto the ones I have at the moment using "Extract to <table>" action. How do you overwrite them?