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Why is the Url value in C# WebBrowser always null?

I am trying to load a local HTML file into an instance of C# WebBrowser (WinForms).
This is what I am doing:
string url = #"file:///C:MyHtml/hello.html";
myWebbrowser.Url = new Uri(url, UriKind.Absolute);
object test = myWebbrowser.Url; // breakpoint here
The path above is correct; if I copy it and paste into an external browser, the file is immediately opened. But the instance of WebBrowser does not want to react. I set a breakpoint in the last line of the snippet, and what I get there is that myWebbrowser.Url is null (the test variable). The control remains correspondingly empty.
myWebbrowser.AllowNavigation is explicitly set to true. I have also tried all possible versions of slashes and backslashes; the result is always the same. The version of the webbrowser seems to be 11 (myWebbrowser.Version = "{11.0.18362.1139}"). I am working in Windows 10, VS 2019.
What can be wrong in this setup?

The path above is correct; if I copy it and paste into an external browser, the file is immediately opened. But the instance of WebBrowser does not want to react. I set a breakpoint in the last line of the snippet, and what I get there is that myWebbrowser.Url is null.
I was able to replicate this exact issue, it's because the property of the Url doesn't get actually set until the document has actually finished loading.
To resolve this issue, you must handle the DocumentCompleted event. You can do so for example:
string url = #"file:///C:MyHtml/hello.html";
myWebbrowser.DocumentCompleted += MyWebbrowser_DocumentCompleted;
myWebbrowser.Url = new Uri(url, UriKind.Absolute);
Create a new routine to handle the DocumentCompleted event:
private void MyWebbrowser_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
string test = myWebbrowser.Url.ToString();
}
You can also get the Url from the WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs:
string testUrl = e.Url.ToString();
I am not sure exactly why when setting the Url and then checking it, it is null, I haven't found anything to explain why. My only guess is that it may be an invalid Url and or path, if navigation succeeds then that property is set.
Edit: upon looking at the source for WebBrowserDocumentCompleted, it does seem the Url property is only set in the DocumentCompleted, you can see more there.
Please note: you must register the DocumentCompleted event first before setting the Url property as when you do, it will navigate first and you will not receive the DocumentCompleted event.

I was able to find out why it did not want to function, at least I hope so. The "hello.html" file contained calls to jquery and THREE.js, while WebBroser seems not to support the latter. Therefore I did not see any content in the control. After I threw out THREE.js and inserted most simple HTML code, it worked just OK! Now I am busy trying to bring WebBrowser to support THREE.js (there exists a skeptical opinion about this, though).

java.lang.illegalstateexception: 'current page not finished!'

after all my trials to create a pdf with a table that contains Arabic text using itext7 failed, I decided to move to the normal way, where I use view.draw and save the result in a pdf. but this also didn't work. here's the code:
Android.Graphics.Pdf.PdfDocument pdf_new = new Android.Graphics.Pdf.PdfDocument();
Android.Graphics.Pdf.PdfDocument.PageInfo pageInfo_new = new Android.Graphics.Pdf.PdfDocument.PageInfo.Builder(6000, 6000, 0).Create();
Android.Graphics.Pdf.PdfDocument.Page page_new = pdf_new.StartPage(pageInfo_new);
ListView listView = new ListView(this.Context);
accounts_info_homeadapter hmm = new accounts_info_homeadapter(this, pdflist);
listView.Adapter = hmm;
listView.SetBackgroundColor(Android.Graphics.Color.Aqua);
listView.Draw(page_new.Canvas);
// lst.Draw(page.Canvas);
//TextView txt = new TextView(this.Context);
//txt.Text = "hi";
//txt.Draw(page.Canvas);
var path = global::Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory.AbsolutePath;
file_Path = Path.Combine(path.ToString(), "Client.pdf");
new_stream = new FileStream(file_Path, FileMode.Create);
new_stream.Flush();
pdf_new.WriteTo(new_stream);
new_stream.Close();
pdf_new.Close();
I got the exception: java.lang.illegalstateexception: 'current page not finished!' though I tried this a week ago on a trial list and it was working. now i'm getting this. I thought it might be the size of the pdf so I started increasing it but in vain. I tried changing my variables' names, I thought maybe because I tried to use them with my itext before, but still nothing. I deleted the fragment I 'm working on and then recreated it, also nothing. anyone know what the problem is. thanks in advance.

You missed one line. You forgot to close the page after editing it.
pdf_new.finishPage(page_new)

You must finish the page by calling finishPage(page) before closing the page otherwise it will throw an exception.
From close() docs reference:
Do not call this method if the page returned by startPage(android.graphics.pdf.PdfDocument.PageInfo) is not finished by calling finishPage(android.graphics.pdf.PdfDocument.Page).
In your case it should be:
pdf_new.finishPage(page_new);
pdf_new.close();
Source: close() method docs reference

After inserting your desired text in the canvas make sure to place this line of code.
This helped me to remove my error
canvas.drawText("Financial Statement for 2021",40,50,myPaint);
myPdfDocument.finishPage(myPage1); //this one

disable IE visibility while using WatiN

I use watin, because I need to open some websites in the background for which the user needs to support Javascript. I don't know if WatiN is the best for this job, but at the moment it takes very long until Internet Explorer gets visible. I need to disable to popping up of Internet Explorer while using WatiN. User doesn't need to see the opening of sites. Is it possible while using WatiN to visit a website without showing it the user or should I use another alternative which supports JS on client side?
My code at the moment;
public static void visitURL()
{
IE iehandler = new IE("http://www.isjavascriptenabled.com");
if (iehandler.ContainsText("Yes"))
Console.WriteLine("js on");
else
Console.WriteLine("js off");
}

The WatIn.Core.IE class has a Visible property, you can initialize the object like that:
new WatiN.Core.IE() { Visible = true }
This way the IE will just blink on the screen when it's created, and then it will get hidden. You can later control the visibility of the IE with the ShowWindow method of WatiN.Core.IE class - I mean you can show it on the screen if you need, or you can hide again.

I use exactly that trick (of hiding IE) for writing UnitTests (using https://github.com/o2platform/FluentSharp_Fork.WatiN) that run in an hidden IE window
For example here is how I create a helper class (with an configurable hidden value)
public IE_TeamMentor(string webRoot, string path_XmlLibraries, Uri siteUri, bool startHidden)
{
this.ie = "Test_IE_TeamMentor".popupWindow(1000,700,startHidden).add_IE();
this.path_XmlLibraries = path_XmlLibraries;
this.webRoot = webRoot;
this.siteUri = siteUri;
}
which is then consumed by this test:
[Test] public void View_Markdown_Article__Edit__Save()
{
var article = tmProxy.editor_Assert() // assert the editor user (or the calls below will fail due to security demands)
.library_New_Article_New() // create new article
.assert_Not_Null();
var ieTeamMentor = this.new_IE_TeamMentor_Hidden();
var ie = ieTeamMentor.ie;
ieTeamMentor.login_Default_Admin_Account("/article/{0}".format(article.Metadata.Id)); // Login as admin and redirect to article page
var original_Content = ie.element("guidanceItem").innerText().assert_Not_Null(); // get reference to current content
ie.assert_Has_Link("Markdown Editor")
.link ("Markdown Editor").click(); // open markdown editor page
ie.wait_For_Element_InnerHtml("Content").assert_Not_Null()
.element ("Content").innerHtml()
.assert_Is(original_Content); // confirm content matches what was on the view page
var new_Content = "This is the new content of this article".add_5_RandomLetters(); // new 'test content'
ie.element("Content").to_Field().value(new_Content); // put new content in markdown editor
ie.button("Save").click(); // save
ie.wait_For_Element_InnerHtml("guidanceItem").assert_Not_Null()
.element ("guidanceItem").innerHtml()
.assert_Is("<P>{0}</P>".format(new_Content)); // confirm that 'test content' was saved ok (and was markdown transformed)
ieTeamMentor.close();
}
Here are a number of posts that might help you to understand how I use it:
https://github.com/TeamMentor/Dev/tree/master/Source_Code/TM_UnitTests/TeamMentor.UnitTests.QA/TeamMentor_QA_IE
http://blog.diniscruz.com/2014/07/how-to-debug-cassini-hosted-website-and.html
http://blog.diniscruz.com/2014/07/using-watin-and-embedded-cassini-to-run.html
http://blog.diniscruz.com/search/label/WatiN

how to insert the text in the editor in the TextAdornment template in Visual Studio?

I follow the steps in this page http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2009/12/09/building-and-publishing-an-extension-for-visual-studio-2010.aspx
I create a TextAdornment project and a search box. I wan to do some different in this page. I want to query a link , get a list in the WPF user control and then write the info into the editor back. so the question is I do not know how to write the text back into the editor in seachbox(WPF user control)?
I searched a lot, and get a way to use the code look like this:
IVsTextManager txtMgr = (IVsTextManager)GetService(typeof(SVsTextManager));
IVsTextView vTextView = null;
int mustHaveFocus = 1;
txtMgr.GetActiveView(mustHaveFocus, null, out vTextView);
IVsUserData userData = vTextView as IVsUserData;
if (userData == null)
{
return null;
}
else
{
IWpfTextViewHost viewHost;
object holder;
Guid guidViewHost = DefGuidList.guidIWpfTextViewHost;
userData.GetData(ref guidViewHost, out holder);
viewHost = (IWpfTextViewHost)holder;
return viewHost;
}
However, the method "GetService" also said not found. I think the reason is this method is for VSPackage. and it is not suitable for Adornment project.
Please help to point how the write the text back into the editor from WPF user control. Thanks!
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Solution:
when creating the SearchBox(WPF User Control), pass through the IWpfTextView to WPF control.and then,it is possible to use this in SearchBox.xaml.cs. Also need to be aware to use the Dispatcher function to keep the UI thread is the active one.
Dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(() =>
{
ITextEdit edit = _view.TextBuffer.CreateEdit();
ITextSnapshot snapshot = edit.Snapshot;
int position = snapshot.GetText().IndexOf("gist:");
edit.Delete(position, 5);
edit.Insert(position, "billmo");
edit.Apply();
}));

The code you have there is if you're in a package and you are trying to figure out what view is currently active...it's overkill for what you're trying to do.
Assuming you started from the TextAdornment template, the adornment object is given an IWpfTextView in the constructor. (If not, you probably have an implementation of IWpfTextCreationListener.TextViewCreated which got it and you need to thread it through.) The IWpfTextView derives ITextView which has a property ITextBuffer. From here, you can call CreateEdit() and edit text from there.

Webbrowser control is not showing Html but shows webpage

I am automating a task using webbrowser control , the site display pages using frames.
My issue is i get to a point , where i can see the webpage loaded properly on the webbrowser control ,but when it gets into the code and i see the html i see nothing.
I have seen other examples here too , but all of those do no return all the browser html.
What i get by using this:
HtmlWindow frame = webBrowser1.Document.Window.Frames[1];
string str = frame.Document.Body.OuterHtml;
Is just :
The main frame tag with attributes like SRC tag etc, is there any way how to handle this?Because as i can see the webpage completely loaded why do i not see the html?AS when i do that on the internet explorer i do see the pages source once loaded why not here?
ADDITIONAL INFO
There are two frames on the page :
i use this to as above:
HtmlWindow frame = webBrowser1.Document.Window.Frames[0];
string str = frame.Document.Body.OuterHtml;
And i get the correct HTMl for the first frame but for the second one i only see:
<FRAMESET frameSpacing=1 border=1 borderColor=#ffffff frameBorder=0 rows=29,*><FRAME title="Edit Search" marginHeight=0 src="http://web2.westlaw.com/result/dctopnavigation.aspx?rs=WLW12.01&ss=CXT&cnt=DOC&fcl=True&cfid=1&method=TNC&service=Search&fn=_top&sskey=CLID_SSSA49266105122&db=AK-CS&fmqv=s&srch=TRUE&origin=Search&vr=2.0&cxt=RL&rlt=CLID_QRYRLT803076105122&query=%22LAND+USE%22&mt=Westlaw&rlti=1&n=1&rp=%2fsearch%2fdefault.wl&rltdb=CLID_DB72585895122&eq=search&scxt=WL&sv=Split" frameBorder=0 name=TopNav marginWidth=0 scrolling=no><FRAME title="Main Document" marginHeight=0 src="http://web2.westlaw.com/result/dccontent.aspx?rs=WLW12.01&ss=CXT&cnt=DOC&fcl=True&cfid=1&method=TNC&service=Search&fn=_top&sskey=CLID_SSSA49266105122&db=AK-CS&fmqv=s&srch=TRUE&origin=Search&vr=2.0&cxt=RL&rlt=CLID_QRYRLT803076105122&query=%22LAND+USE%22&mt=Westlaw&rlti=1&n=1&rp=%2fsearch%2fdefault.wl&rltdb=CLID_DB72585895122&eq=search&scxt=WL&sv=Split" frameBorder=0 borderColor=#ffffff name=content marginWidth=0><NOFRAMES></NOFRAMES></FRAMESET>
UPDATE
The two url of the frames are as follows :
Frame1 whose html i see
http://web2.westlaw.com/nav/NavBar.aspx?RS=WLW12.01&VR=2.0&SV=Split&FN=_top&MT=Westlaw&MST=
Frame2 whose html i do not see:
http://web2.westlaw.com/result/result.aspx?RP=/Search/default.wl&action=Search&CFID=1&DB=AK%2DCS&EQ=search&fmqv=s&Method=TNC&origin=Search&Query=%22LAND+USE%22&RLT=CLID%5FQRYRLT302424536122&RLTDB=CLID%5FDB6558157526122&Service=Search&SRCH=TRUE&SSKey=CLID%5FSSSA648523536122&RS=WLW12.01&VR=2.0&SV=Split&FN=_top&MT=Westlaw&MST=
And the properties of the second frame whose html i do not get are in the picture below:
Thank you

I paid for the solution of the question above and it works 100 %.
What i did was use this function below and it returned me the count to the tag i was seeking which i could not find :S.. Use this to call the function listed below:
FillFrame(webBrowser1.Document.Window.Frames);
private void FillFrame(HtmlWindowCollection hwc)
{
if (hwc == null) return;
foreach (HtmlWindow hw in hwc)
{
HtmlElement getSpanid = hw.Document.GetElementById("mDisplayCiteList_ctl00_mResultCountLabel");
if (getSpanid != null)
{
doccount = getSpanid.InnerText.Replace("Documents", "").Replace("Document", "").Trim();
break;
}
if (hw.Frames.Count > 0) FillFrame(hw.Frames);
}
}
Hope it helps people .
Thank you

For taking html you have to do it that way:
WebClient client = new WebClient();
string html = client.DownloadString(#"http://stackoverflow.com");
That's an example of course, you can change the address.
By the way, you need using System.Net;

This works just fine...gets BODY element with all inner elements:
Somewhere in your Form code:
wb.Url = new Uri("http://stackoverflow.com");
wb.DocumentCompleted += new WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(wbDocumentCompleted);
And here is wbDocumentCompleted:
void wb1DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
var yourBodyHtml = wb.Document.Body.OuterHtml;
}
wb is System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser
UPDATE:
The same as for the document, I think that your second frame is not loaded at the time you check for it's content...You can try solutions from this link. You will have to wait for your frames to be loaded in order to see its content.

The most likely reason is that frame index 0 has the same domain name as the main/parent page, while the frame index 1 has a different domain name. Am I correct?
This creates a cross-frame security issue, and the WB control just leaves you high and dry and doesn't tell you what on earth went wrong, and just leaves your objects, properties and data empty (will say "No Variables" in the watch window when you try to expand the object).
The only thing you can access in this situation is pretty much the URL and iFrame properties, but nothing inside the iFrame.
Of course, there are ways to overcome teh cross-frame security issues - but they are not built into the WebBrowser control, and they are external solutions, depending on which WB control you are using (as in, .NET version or pre .NET version).
Let me know if I have correctly identified your problem, and if so, if you would like me to tell you about the solution tailored to your setup & instance of the WB control.
UPDATE: I have noticed that you're doing a .getElementByTagName("HTML")(0).outerHTML to get the HTML, all you need to do is call this on the document object, or the .body object and that should do it. MyDoc.Body.innerHTML should get the the content you want. Also, notice that there are additional iFrames inside these documents, in case that is of relevance. Can you give us the main document URL that has these two URL's in it so we / I can replicate what you're doing here? Also, not sure why you are using DomElement but you should just cast it to the native object it wants to be cast to, either a IHTMLDocument2 or the object you see in the watch window, which I think is IHTMLFrameElement (if i recall correctly, but you will know what i mean once you see it). If you are trying to use an XML object, this could be the reason why you aren't able to get the HTML content, change the object declaration and casting if there is one, and give it a go & let us know :). Now I'm curious too :).