C# Webbrowser/IE statusbar says "Done" mant times, what does done really mean?

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The StatusTextChanged event in the c# webbrowser says Done multiple times, 31 to be precise, I see that is almost as much as the sum of the x's in "downloading x resources".

How can I know when it's really done? Or if this isn't possible how can I know when a specific element has rendered.

There are other similar questions online but only with half working hackey results.

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Is WebBrowser_DocumentCompleted also executed multiple times? — Golda, Aug 26 '19 at 07:08
yes, about 4 times, and I've checked for iframes, there is only one main document, no child ones. — BinkyNichols, Aug 26 '19 at 13:02
which specific element you have to check whether it is rendered. — Golda, Aug 26 '19 at 14:21
a div, it gets constructed via javascript, it doesn't exist in the initial html — BinkyNichols, Aug 27 '19 at 08:54
I think this answer will help you https://stackoverflow.com/a/55946451/2501044 — Golda, Aug 27 '19 at 10:11

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '19 at 03:42

Thanks @Golda,

The exact answer you linked didn't work as loading is not asynchronous, if you add a periodic pause, the webbrowser won't keep loading. The reply marked as answer on that thread wasn't what I asked for, but combining the two answers got me what I was looking for, Code to check every n seconds whether or not a certain tag with certain attributes was rendered.

  private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Navigate n = new Navigate();
            n.Done += delegate
            {
                MessageBox.Show("");
            };
    //wb is the webbrowser, nav is the url
            n.Wait(wb, nav, 1);

        }

        public class Navigate
        {
            public delegate void NavigateDoneEvent();
            public event NavigateDoneEvent Done;

            private Timer wait;
            HtmlElement e2 = null;

            public void Wait(WebBrowser Browser, string Url, double Seconds)
            {
                Browser.Navigate(Url);

                wait = new Timer();
                wait.Interval = Convert.ToInt32(Seconds * 1000);

                wait.Tick += (s, args) =>
                {
                    if (Form1.wb.Document != null)
                    {
                        HtmlElementCollection c1 = Form1.wb.Document.GetElementsByTagName("element tag type");

                        foreach (HtmlElement e3 in c1)
                        {
                            if (e3.GetAttribute("className") == "class name")
                            {
                                if (e3.InnerText.Contains("something"))
                                {
                                    e2 = e3;
                                    wait.Enabled = false;
                                    MessageBox.Show(e2.InnerText);
                                    Done();
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                };

                wait.Enabled = true;
            }
        }

Please check this link. This article explains how to retrieve the frame element. http://blog.vivensas.com/extract-the-value-from-the-frame-element-c/ — Golda, Oct 09 '19 at 11:07
sorry solved this months ago, should make an answer, uses alot of recursion and custom events — BinkyNichols, Oct 10 '19 at 13:54

C# Webbrowser/IE statusbar says "Done" mant times, what does done really mean?

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