At times screen-scraper seems to stop working and my computer starts beeping. What's wrong?

This is most likely happening because screen-scraper is running out of memory. For example, if you're scraping large amounts information from a web site with multiple concurrent running scraping sessions, screen-scraper may need to keep a lot of information in memory while it does so. Here are possible ways to remedy this problem:

  • Lower the number of concurrent running scraping sessions. This setting can be changed by selecting "Settings" from the "Option" menu and selecting the "General" tab.
  • Increase the memory allocation to screen-scraper. Again, this can be changed under the "General" tab of the "Settings" dialog box.

See also: Techniques for optimizing screen-scraper.