Tips & Suggestions
How to setup some special features, best practices, etc.
I'm running screen-scraper in a machine that isn't connected to the Internet. How do I transfer my screen-scraper license to it?
Follow these steps:
I'm running screen-scraper in a GUI-less environment. How do I update it to the latest version?
When screen-scraper normally updates itself it downloads a zip file from our server, decompresses it, copies the files it contains on top of the existing files, then updates its version number. We have created a Python script that will perform these steps automatically. To use it follow these steps:
How can I optimize screen-scraper's performance?
Here are some tips:
How do I insert the data screen-scraper extracts into a database?
There are several ways this can be done:
Can I run multiple instances of screen-scraper on the same machine?
Yes, and you won't be in violation of your licensing agreement, either.