> On Friday, April 16, 2010 4:38 PM Chuck wrote:

> I have a bunch of webpages I need to print out.
> So I tried doing:
>
> PDataContext dc = new PDataContext();
> var q = from a in dc.Reviews.Take(2) select a;
>
> System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser browser = new
> System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser();
>
> foreach (Review review in q)
> {
> browser.Navigate(  @"http://x.gov/P.aspx?ReviewID=" +
> review.ID);
> while (browser.ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState.Complete)
> System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
> browser.Print();
> }
>
> In this scenario the ReadyState never goes to Complete.
>
> I tried adding an eventhandler:  Browser_DocumentCompleted
> instead of using ReadyState and Sleep and putting the print method in it
> but it only fired once.
>
> I am guessing their is some kind of thread issue where the browser does not
> try to load until the current method is exited?
>
> Any suggestions,
>
> thanks,


>> On Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:49 AM v-zhiqn wrote:

>> Hi Chuck,
>>
>> I assume that you used foreach loop as you did above when you tried to use
>> the Browser_DocumentCompleted event handler. However, this could cause an
>> error that only the last page will be printed, which is just as you said
>> "but it only fired once".
>>
>> This is because within the foreach loop, the WebBrowser goes to all the
>> pages in the collection one after another in a very tiny time and all these
>> pages, except for the last one, will never be loaded completed. As the
>> result, the Browser_DocumentCompleted event handler will also never be
>> triggered.
>>
>> So I suggest you having a try on this solution that makes the WebBrowser
>> navigate to the next page only when the last page is loaded completed.
>> public partial class Form1 : Form
>> {
>> public Form1()
>> {
>> InitializeComponent();
>> }
>>
>> List<Uri> lu = new List<Uri>();
>> int index;
>>
>> private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
>> {
>> lu.Add(new Uri(@"http://www.bing.com"));
>> lu.Add(new Uri(@"http://www.google.com"));
>> lu.Add(new Uri(@"http://www.asp.net"));
>>
>> index = 0;
>>
>> WebBrowser browser = new WebBrowser();
>> browser.DocumentCompleted +=new
>> WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(browser_DocumentCompleted);
>> browser.Navigate(lu[index]);
>> }
>>
>> private void browser_DocumentCompleted(object sender,
>> WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
>> {
>> WebBrowser browser = (WebBrowser)sender;
>>
>> browser.Print();
>> if (index++ < lu.Count)
>> {
>> browser.Navigate(lu[index]);
>> }
>> else
>> {
>> browser.Dispose();
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> P.S. As I did not know whether your application is based on winform or web,
>> I made this demo in a windows application. If you can confirm the issue
>> environment, it will be much more helpful for us to give a better solution.
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Zhi-Qiang Ni
>> Microsoft Online Support


>>> On Friday, April 23, 2010 9:01 AM v-zhiqn wrote:

>>> Hi Chuck,
>>>
>>> This is Zhi-Qiang Ni from MSDN Managed Newsgroup support team, since I
>>> have not seen your reply after I last posted my reply, I am writing to check
>>> the status of this post. Please feel free to let me know if there is
>>> anything else I can help.
>>> --
>>> I assume that you used foreach loop as you did above when you tried to use
>>> the Browser_DocumentCompleted event handler. However, this could cause an
>>> error that only the last page will be printed, which is just as you said
>>> "but it only fired once".
>>>
>>> This is because within the foreach loop, the WebBrowser goes to all the
>>> pages in the collection one after another in a very tiny time and all these
>>> pages, except for the last one, will never be loaded completed. As the
>>> result, the Browser_DocumentCompleted event handler will also never be
>>> triggered.
>>>
>>> So I suggest you having a try on this solution that makes the WebBrowser
>>> navigate to the next page only when the last page is loaded completed.
>>> public partial class Form1 : Form
>>> {
>>> public Form1()
>>> {
>>> InitializeComponent();
>>> }
>>>
>>> List<Uri> lu = new List<Uri>();
>>> int index;
>>>
>>> private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
>>> {
>>> lu.Add(new Uri(@"http://www.bing.com"));
>>> lu.Add(new Uri(@"http://www.google.com"));
>>> lu.Add(new Uri(@"http://www.asp.net"));
>>>
>>> index = 0;
>>>
>>> WebBrowser browser = new WebBrowser();
>>> browser.DocumentCompleted +=new
>>> WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(browser_DocumentCompleted);
>>> browser.Navigate(lu[index]);
>>> }
>>>
>>> private void browser_DocumentCompleted(object sender,
>>> WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
>>> {
>>> WebBrowser browser = (WebBrowser)sender;
>>>
>>> browser.Print();
>>> if (index++ < lu.Count)
>>> {
>>> browser.Navigate(lu[index]);
>>> }
>>> else
>>> {
>>> browser.Dispose();
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> P.S. As I did not know whether your application is based on winform or web,
>>> I made this demo in a windows application. If you can confirm the issue
>>> environment, it will be much more helpful for us to give a better solution.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Zhi-Qiang Ni
>>> Microsoft Online Support
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