-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Wolper Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 19:14 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: Screen scraping from VFP
> 'Splain dat "screen scraping" thingie to me, Lucie. <g> I believe we're talking about downloading a web page and pulling the information of interest out of it. Of course, this involves finding the right spot among the HTML and then hoping (as Bill pointed out) that it's in a format you expect. -Jerry Wolper [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================== Thanks for the answer, Jerry. Everyone, to me this sounds like making a web service where one does not exist. Would that be an accurate statement? I've written VFP code that continuously monitors the content of a web site looking for specific information and recording it to avoid duplication in the reporting segment (only changes get reported). I used MSXML and it was rather straightforward. The hardest part was gaining access to a password-protected site (having a PW, of course). It seems to me that it is a simple matter and that there is a tendency to complicate it here. The best practice is to write good code, with the right degree of modularity and abstraction ... building blocks if you will, and then put them together as needed. Just common sense, no? HALinNY [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
