Subj : Re: Learning screen scraping
To   : comp.programming
From : programmernovice
Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 02:33 pm


Richard Heathfield wrote:
> programmernovice@yahoo.com said:
>
> > Thanks for your reply.  The problem is that I have to repeat the
> > operation hundreds of times for a given web site, so I need to find a
> > way to automate it.
>
> Yes, but you automate the downloading. That's the point. It's much, much,
> much, much, much simpler and quicker than screenscraping.
>

I really appreciate your help.  Now, since I'm new at this, can you
guide me on how one goes about automating the downloading, resources,
etc?  I guess it means automatically dumping all the data into
something like a spread sheet and then manipulating it from there?

Again, your help is greatly appreciated.

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