scripting to find info in browser screen

[yimitz]

Is it possible to create a batch script or some other script to look at a web page with links within the page, open the link (link is to a file for downloading) and have the script automatically put the linked file (zip file, excel, text, etc.) somewhere on your harddrive?

 

[ggriffit]

yes it is, you can write applications in many languages from VBScript to Java or .Net that can be scheduled to run and when started will do what you need.

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005 & 2006

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/

 

[yimitz]

Is there an example of a simple script somewhere that I could see and walk through to see how it's done?

 

[ggriffit]

which language are you looking to work in ?

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005 & 2006

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/

 

[yimitz]

Visual Basic but if there is a better, simpler language I'm confident I can pick it up and get an understanding of it.

 

[ggriffit]

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=vb+download+file+from+internet

gives a selection of scripts in VB to download the file from the internet, some stream the file to a variable, others to a file, but should be enough to get you going.

Greg Griffiths
Livelink Certified Developer & ECM Global Star Champion 2005 & 2006

http://www.greggriffiths.org/livelink/