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How to use CoreWebView2Frame Class in windows application

I have a windows webview2 application where we are automating 3rd party website with too many nested iframes and I want to execute javascript in a particular iframe. I want to know how get CoreWebView2Frame instance for the particular iframe using WebView2. Microsoft documentation didn't help.
I am looking for an example or a documentation to work with CoreWebView2Frame Class and shows how to execute javascript in a particular iframe by using CoreWebView2Frame.ExecuteAsync().
I have gone throught the this thread but it's too difficult for me to understand.

You can get a CoreWebView2Frame by handling FrameCreated event and use it later.
Example:
In the following example, the WebView2 browses this Uri, then we find the iframe inside the page, and store it for later use. Later when the user clicks on a button on the WinForms app, using ExecuteScriptAsync method of the iframe, we click on a link inside the iframe programmatically.
To do so, drop a WebView2 and a Button on the form. Handle Load event of the form and Click event of the button and modify the code like this:
//using Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core;
CoreWebView2Frame sampleFrame;
private async void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
webView21.Source = new Uri(
"https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_link_test");
await webView21.EnsureCoreWebView2Async();
webView21.CoreWebView2.FrameCreated += CoreWebView2_FrameCreated;
}
private void CoreWebView2_FrameCreated(object? sender,
CoreWebView2FrameCreatedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Frame.Name == "iframeResult")
{
sampleFrame = e.Frame;
}
}
private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (sampleFrame != null && sampleFrame.IsDestroyed() == 0)
{
await sampleFrame.ExecuteScriptAsync(
"document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].click();");
}
}
Now if you click on the button, the link which is inside the iframe will be clicked.

WP8 - How to create and open a WebBrowser in Windows Phone 8 only through C#

I am new to windows Phone development, so please excuse my ignorance.
I need to create and open a WebBrowser on a button click (button created on xaml page) in C# code. I have seen so many examples where the WebBrowser is created in XAML and Navigate is called in C#. But my requirement is to create a complete screen on button click.
Can anyone help me with this ? Any level of guidance would be helpful.

From the top of my head and assuming the main grid is named "LayoutRoot":
private void btnOpenAndGo_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser web = new WebBrowser();
web.Height = LayoutRoot.Height;
web.Width = LayoutRoot.Width;
LayoutRoot.Children.Add(web);
web.Navigate(...);
}
Edit: To control the hardware back button. Override OnBackKeyPress. And do something like this:
protected override void OnBackKeyPress(CancelEventArgs e)
{
base.OnBackKeyPress(e);
if (web.Visibility = Visibility.Visibile)
{
web.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
e.Cancel = true;
}
}

JonPall's Answer is nice, and if you want to open you uri in IE, try this method:
using namespace : Microsoft.Phone.Tasks
WebBrowserTask task = new WebBrowserTask();
task.URL = "http://yoururl.com";
task.Show();

c# Web browser keeps freezing but regular IE9 browser does not

I'm using visual studio c# 2010 for the web browser.
WebBrowser 1 navigates to this link:
http://www.costco.com/IOGEAR-Wireless-1080p-HDMI-Transmitter-and-Receiver-3D-Compatible-2x-HDMI-Ports.product.100011675.html
When it reaches the page, it loads and freezes.
I don't think there is something wrong with the web page because chrome, firefox, and the regular IE9 don't freeze at all.
Only the web browser in my c# program freezes when it navigates to this link.
How do I prevent this from freezing? The web page seems to be calling some html data from another site.
I tried adding this code to my program
this.webBrowser1.ScriptErrorsSuppressed = true;
and I also changed the registry values of the web browser so that it will use internet explorer version 9 and so far these two did not work.
this is the code i'm using
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
webBrowser1.ScriptErrorsSuppressed = true;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
webBrowser1.Navigate("http://www.costco.com/IOGEAR-Wireless-1080p-HDMI-Transmitter-and-Receiver-3D-Compatible-2x-HDMI-Ports.product.100011675.html");
}
private void webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
}
}
}

The issue is not with the WebBrowser control per se, it is with how that particular website is trying to execute some Javascript that gets stuck in a loop.
Compare and contrast:
1) Change the url to http://google.com. Works fine.
2) Now. Add an event handler for the Navigating event. Something like:
this.webBrowser1.Navigating += new System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserNavigatingEventHandler(this.webBrowser1_Navigating);
and
private void webBrowser1_Navigating(object sender, WebBrowserNavigatingEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Navigating to: " + e.Url);
}
You will see that there is a JavaScript function that is constantly trying to redirect the page. Here's what shows up in my console output (goes on indefinitely):
Navigating to: javascript:void((function(){document.open();document.domain='costco.com';document.write('<!DOCTYPE html>');document.close();})())
Navigating to: about:blank
Navigating to: javascript:void((function(){document.open();document.domain='costco.com';document.write('<!DOCTYPE html>');document.close();})())
Navigating to: about:blank
Navigating to: javascript:void((function(){document.open();document.domain='costco.com';document.write('<!DOCTYPE html>');document.close();})())
Navigating to: about:blank
Navigating to: javascript:void((function(){document.open();document.domain='costco.com';document.write('<!DOCTYPE html>');document.close();})())
Which makes the webBrowser control essentially unusable.
EDIT:
Ok, one stab at a workaround (this is probably terrible, but it's frustrating that the weird redirect loop is only happening in the WebBrowser control's browser).
If you block the Navigating event from being called before another Navigating event has completed, it loads the page and does not freeze, and the links appear to work. It goes something like this:
private void webBrowser1_Navigated(object sender, WebBrowserNavigatedEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Navigated to: " + e.Url);
isNavigating = false;
webBrowser1.AllowNavigation = true;
}
bool isNavigating = false;
private void webBrowser1_Navigating(object sender, WebBrowserNavigatingEventArgs e)
{
if (isNavigating && e.Url.ToString().Contains("javascript:void((function(){document.open();document.domain='costco.com'"))
{
webBrowser1.Stop();
webBrowser1.AllowNavigation = false;
return;
}
isNavigating = true;
Console.WriteLine("Navigating to: " + e.Url);
}

How can I invoke javascript functions with c# with Gekofx Browser

I am using the Gekofx browser because my html files don't work with the default webbrowser control.
So far I was using ObjectForScripting to call javascript code from my C# project. But I was not able to call anything with the Gekofx browser.
I just want to send some data to my html file and display it with the Gekofx browser. Is it possible at all?
For contemplation here is my code:
GeckoWebBrowser myBrowser;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
String path = #"C:\tools\xulrunner\xulrunner-sdk\bin";
Console.WriteLine("Path: " + path);
Skybound.Gecko.Xpcom.Initialize(path);
myBrowser = new GeckoWebBrowser();
myBrowser.Parent = this;
myBrowser.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
}
private void btn_go_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// like the normal browsers
myBrowser.Navigate(tbx_link.Text);
}
private void btn_test_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// getting the link to my own html file
String path = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "Webpage");
path += "\\Webpage.html";myBrowser.Navigate(path);
}
I hope you understand what I mean. Thank you!

You can always invoke javascript like this:
mybrowser.Navigate("javascript:YourJavascriptFunction('yourArgument1', 'youArgument2')");

Building on #jordy's answer above, call:
mybrowser.Navigate("javascript:YourJavascriptFunction('yourArgument1', 'youArgument2')");
prefferably in the Document complete event handler to allow for the page to first load.
void myBrowser_DocumentCompleted(object sender, Gecko.Events.GeckoDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
myBrowser.Navigate("javascript:YourJavascriptFunction('yourArgument1', 'youArgument2')");
}

.NET C#: WebBrowser control Navigate() does not load targeted URL

I'm trying to programmatically load a web page via the WebBrowser control with the intent of testing the page & it's JavaScript functions. Basically, I want to compare the HTML & JavaScript run through this control against a known output to ascertain whether there is a problem.
However, I'm having trouble simply creating and navigating the WebBrowser control. The code below is intended to load the HtmlDocument into the WebBrowser.Document property:
WebBrowser wb = new WebBrowser();
wb.AllowNavigation = true;
wb.Navigate("http://www.google.com/");
When examining the web browser's state via Intellisense after Navigate() runs, the WebBrowser.ReadyState is 'Uninitialized', WebBrowser.Document = null, and it overall appears completely unaffected by my call.
On a contextual note, I'm running this control outside of a Windows form object: I do not need to load a window or actually look at the page. Requirements dictate the need to simply execute the page's JavaScript and examine the resultant HTML.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks!

You should handle the WebBrowser.DocumentComplete event, once that event is raised you will have the Document etc.
wb.DocumentCompleted += new WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(wb_DocumentCompleted);
private void wb_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser wb = sender as WebBrowser;
// wb.Document is not null at this point
}
Here is a complete example, that I quickly did in a Windows Forms application and tested.
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser wb = new WebBrowser();
wb.AllowNavigation = true;
wb.DocumentCompleted += new WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(wb_DocumentCompleted);
wb.Navigate("http://www.google.com");
}
private void wb_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser wb = sender as WebBrowser;
// wb.Document is not null at this point
}
}
Edit: Here is a simple version of code that runs a window from a console application. You can of course go further and expose the events to the console code etc.
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Application.Run(new BrowserWindow());
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
class BrowserWindow : Form
{
public BrowserWindow()
{
ShowInTaskbar = false;
WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
Load += new EventHandler(Window_Load);
}
void Window_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser wb = new WebBrowser();
wb.AllowNavigation = true;
wb.DocumentCompleted += wb_DocumentCompleted;
wb.Navigate("http://www.bing.com");
}
void wb_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("We have Bing");
}
}
}

You probably need to host the control in a parent window. You can do this without breaking requirements by simply not showing the window that hosts the browser control by moving it off screen. It might also be useful for development to "see" that it does actually load something for testing, verification etc.
So try:
// in a form's Load handler:
WebBrowser wb = new WebBrowser();
this.Controls.Add(wb);
wb.AllowNavigation = true;
wb.Navigate("http://www.google.com/");
Also check to see what other properties are set on the WebBrowser object when you instantiate it via the IDE. E.g. create a Form, drop a browser control onto it and then check the form's designer file to see what code is generated. You might be missing some key property that needs to be set. I've discovered many-an-omission in my code in this way and also learned how to properly instantiate visual objects programmatically.
P.S. If you do use a host window, it should only be visible during development. You would hide in some manner for production.
Another approach:
You could go "raw" by tryiing something like this:
System.Net.WebClient wc = new System.Net.WebClient();
System.IO.StreamReader webReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(
wc.OpenRead("http://your_website.com"));
string webPageData = webReader.ReadToEnd();
...then RegEx or parse webPageData for what you need. Or do you need the jscript in the page to actually execute? (Which should be possible with .NET 4.0)

I had this problem, and I did not realize that I had uninstalled Internet Explorer. If you have, nothing will ever happen, since the WebBrowser control only instantiates IE.

The Webbrowser control is just a wrapper around Internet Explorer.
You can set in onto an invisible Windows Forms window to completely instantiate it.