C# how to wait for a webpage to finish loading before continuing

Question

I\'m trying to create a program to clone multiple bugs at a time through the web interface of our defect tracking system. How can I wait before a page is completely loaded

Answer 1

yuna and bnl code failed in the case below;

failing example:

1st one waits for completed.but, 2nd one with the invokemember("submit") didnt . invoke works. but ReadyState.Complete acts like its Completed before its REALLY completed:

wb.Navigate(url);
while(wb.ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState.Complete)
{
   Application.DoEvents();
}
MessageBox.Show("ok this waits Complete");

//navigates to new page
wb.Document.GetElementById("formId").InvokeMember("submit");
while(wb.ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState.Complete)
{
   Application.DoEvents();
}
MessageBox.Show("webBrowser havent navigated  yet. it gave me previous page's html.");  
var html = wb.Document.GetElementsByTagName("HTML")[0].OuterHtml;

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how to fix this unwanted situation:

usage

    public myForm1 {

        myForm1_load() { }

        // func to make browser wait is inside the Extended class More tidy.
        WebBrowserEX wbEX = new WebBrowserEX();

        button1_click(){
            wbEX.Navigate("site1.com");
            wbEX.waitWebBrowserToComplete(wb);

            wbEX.Document.GetElementById("input1").SetAttribute("Value", "hello");
            //submit does navigation
            wbEX.Document.GetElementById("formid").InvokeMember("submit");
            wbEX.waitWebBrowserToComplete(wb);
            // this actually waits for document Compelete. worked for me.

            var processedHtml = wbEX.Document.GetElementsByTagName("HTML")[0].OuterHtml;
            var rawHtml = wbEX.DocumentText;
         }
     }

//put this  extended class in your code.
//(ie right below form class, or seperate cs file doesnt matter)
public class WebBrowserEX : WebBrowser
{
   //ctor
   WebBrowserEX()
   {
     //wired aumatically here. we dont need to worry our sweet brain.
     this.DocumentCompleted += (o, e) => { webbrowserDocumentCompleted = true;};
   }
     //instead of checking  readState, get state from DocumentCompleted Event 
     // via bool value
     bool webbrowserDocumentCompleted = false;
     public void waitWebBrowserToComplete()
     {
       while (!webbrowserDocumentCompleted )
       { Application.DoEvents();  }
       webbrowserDocumentCompleted = false;
     }

 }