picture of how an html file will render?

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Hi, I was wondering, is there a utility in perl to capture a website and generate a picture of how this website will render? like when you click once on an html file in windows, it shows a small picture of how it will look. can this be done with perl? to get a picture of how the website will look like? thanx.

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Re: picture of how an html file will render? by OeufMayo (Curate) on Sep 10, 2001 at 12:22 UTC
This question has been discussed a while ago in 'Rendering a Web Page'. In short, perl alone can't render it, but it should be possible with Image::Magick. <kbd>-- my $OeufMayo = new PerlMonger::Paris({http => 'paris.mongueurs.net'});</kbd>	[reply]
Re: picture of how an html file will render? by Beatnik (Parson) on Sep 10, 2001 at 15:05 UTC
Also know that browsers render pages differently, all depending on how they handle invalid HTML, what tags they support, built-in fonts, etc. This ofcourse also is the case for different browser versions. IE3.0 will render differently than IE4.0. IIRC websitegarage provides a similar service. Update: broken link fixed, kudos to blakem Greetz Beatnik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.	[reply]