"Craig" <firebirdwebguy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Im wanting to get some info from an HTML table from a web site and convert
>it to a flat file, Tdataset etc.
>
>I can write it from scratch, but wondering if anyone has ever seen any kind
>of scalper component etc?
I am not aware of any specific component just for this task. This is maybe
because HTML tables come in all sorts of formatting: row span and column span
cells, headings, etc. Cells can contain text, which is fine, but you will also
see images and even nested tables. I can not imagine a general approach to cover
all this.
>That would grab a web site, look for the tables, and convert them to a
>flatfile etc. Parse routine etc?
My DIHtmlParser component comes with a plugin to track the parsing position
within tables and nested tables, including cell spanning. A demo project is
available for demonstration.
DIHtmlParser cooperates nicely with all Delphi Internet components. It is well
tested and saves you the task of writing the parsing engine. Unicode is
supported in case you need it.
To tackle your problem, take the demo and add the database part to it. Should be
done in a few hours for simple tables.
Download DIHtmlParser from http://www.yunqa.de/delphi/.
Ralf
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