Setting a Maximum URL Length

The MaxUrlLen property prevents the spider from retrieving URLs that grow too long. The default value of MaxUrlLen is 300.

Download Chilkat Spider ActiveX

uses
    Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
    Dialogs, StdCtrls,
    SPIDERXLib_TLB,
    SPIDERXLib_TLB,
    OleCtrls;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
spider: TSpider;

begin
//  The Chilkat Spider component/library is free.
spider := TSpider.Create(Self);

spider.Initialize('www.chilkatsoft.com');

//  Add the 1st URL:
spider.AddUnspidered('http://www.chilkatsoft.com/');

//  This example demonstrates setting the MaxUrlLen property
//  Do not add URLs longer than 250 characters to the "unspidered" queue:
spider.MaxUrlLen := 250;

//  ...

end;