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by matteot
Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:11 pm
Forum: Q/A
Topic: Helium Scraper development...
Replies: 0
Views: 9547

Helium Scraper development...

Just wondering if Helium Scraper was still in development or if the current version will be the final version of this software.

thanks!
by matteot
Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:27 am
Forum: Q/A
Topic: Clicking a reply button
Replies: 1
Views: 6630

Re: Clicking a reply button

1. make the reply button a kind
2. click on the reply button then make the email address a kind
3. In action tree use Navigate: reply button kind (click on simulate click)
4. below Navigate action add extract action and choose email address kind
by matteot
Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:56 pm
Forum: Q/A
Topic: Help scraping FEC website
Replies: 0
Views: 8633

Help scraping FEC website

Hi I'm having difficult scraping the FEC website for political contributions. (http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/norindsea.shtml) Can't seem to force Contributor. Location, and Employer into same row and having issues tying name to various contributions. I can link the recipient to the individua...
by matteot
Fri Jan 10, 2014 2:51 pm
Forum: Q/A
Topic: Can I Take screenshot of page or print page to pdf?
Replies: 3
Views: 9697

Re: Can I Take screenshot of page or print page to pdf?

I asked the developer this question and was told that it can't be done at the moment. Hopefully the feature will make its way into a future update!
by matteot
Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:16 pm
Forum: Q/A
Topic: When I click on any link, a new window open out of HS
Replies: 2
Views: 8334

Re: When I click on any link, a new window open out of HS

Hi Juan,

This does not work for certain secure databases that generate unique URLs. Is there any way to force Helium Scraper to open the new link in the HS browser?
by matteot
Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:43 pm
Forum: Q/A
Topic: How to capture URL of current page
Replies: 3
Views: 10134

Re: How to capture URL of current page

For whatever reason, this doesnt seem to work for me. I also woul dlike a column with the urls of the page being extracted listed but whenever I choose to extract the url of the body I get blank column. Any idea whats happening? Hi - new to all of this and wanted to know how to capture the current U...
by matteot
Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:08 pm
Forum: Q/A
Topic: Can I Take screenshot of page or print page to pdf?
Replies: 3
Views: 9697

Can I Take screenshot of page or print page to pdf?

Is it possible to create an action within an action tree that takes a screenshot of the page being scraped or saves the page to pdf automatically?

thanks,
Matteo