How to use webbrowser control DocumentCompleted event in C# ?
- by Margus
Before starting writing this question, i was trying to solve following
// 1. navigate to page
// 2. wait until page is downloaded
// 3. read and write some data from/to iframe
// 4. submit (post) form
The problem was, that if a iframe exists on a web page, DocumentCompleted event would get fired more then once (after each document has been completed). It was highly likely that program would have tried to read data from DOM that was not completed and naturally - fail.
But suddenly while writing this question 'What if' monster inspired me, and i fix'ed the problem, that i was trying to solve. As i failed Google'ing this, i thought it would be nice to post it here.
private int iframe_counter = 1; // needs to be 1, to pass DCF test
public bool isLazyMan = default(bool);
/// <summary>
/// LOCK to stop inspecting DOM before DCF
/// </summary>
public void waitPolice() {
while (isLazyMan) Application.DoEvents();
}
private void webBrowser1_Navigating(object sender, WebBrowserNavigatingEventArgs e) {
if(!e.TargetFrameName.Equals(""))
iframe_counter --;
isLazyMan = true;
}
private void webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e) {
if (!((WebBrowser)sender).Document.Url.Equals(e.Url))
iframe_counter++;
if (((WebBrowser)sender).Document.Window.Frames.Count <= iframe_counter) {//DCF test
DocumentCompletedFully((WebBrowser)sender,e);
isLazyMan = false;
}
}
private void DocumentCompletedFully(WebBrowser sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e){
//code here
}
For now at least, my 5m hack seems to be working fine.
Maybe i am really failing at querying google or MSDN, but i can not find:
"How to use webbrowser control DocumentCompleted event in C# ?"
