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Scripts: Main Pane

  • Export: Export the script to a file so that it can be backed up or transferred to other instances of screen-scraper.
  • Delete: Delete the script.
  • Show Script Instances: Display any locations where this script is invoked in the format scraping session: scrapeable file: extractor pattern (opens in a new window).
  • Name: A unique name so that you can easily indicate when it should be invoked.
  • Language: Select the language in which the script is written.
  • Overwrite this script on import (professional and enterprise editions only): Determines whether or not the current script can be overwritten by another that gets imported.

    For example, scripts attached to a scraping session are exported along with it. When you subsequently import that scraping session into another instance of screen-scraper it might overwrite existing scripts in that instance. For more information read our documentation on script overwriting.

  • Script Text: A text box in which to write your script.
  • Find: Opens a search window to help locate text in your script.
  • Wrap text: Determines whether single lines of code should be displayed on multiple lines when they are wider than the Script Text area.
scraper on 07/16/2010 at 5:17 pm