Re: geo-coordinates in Solvent

From: David Huynh <dfhuynh_at_csail.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:06:41 -0500

Dean Allemang wrote:

> So, if you don't mind, while I have your attention . . .
>
> I often find pages like this one
>
> http://boston.citysearch.com/yellowpages/directory/Fenway_Kenmore_Neighborhood_in_Boston/230/page1.html?query=cat
>
>
> when I am using Solvent (do you do Solvent questions, too?)

Yup. I wrote most of Solvent, too. :-)

> The element I would like to select is the <tr> element that includes
> both the name of the business and its address; but I can't for the
> life of me figure out how to get Solvent to select a row in a table.

Try to get to a TD, then click on that slanted arrow icon next to the
XPath textbox. That takes you up the XPath one step. You can also edit
the XPath directly yourself.

> I can try to hack the code in the left window (what language is that,
> anyway? Its funny how one can successfully hack code for a while, not
> knowing the answer to that question), but that's a lot of work.

It's Javascript...

David
Received on Wed Jan 04 2006 - 22:04:35 EST

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