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ProgSky
ProgSky

Reputation: 2620

c# WebBrowser Print() Thread in ConsoleApp

I am exploring the option of Printing a webpage using WebBrowser.Print method in a console application. I do want PrintDialog to show up. I have used code from WebBrowser Control in a new thread It does give me a good starting point.

My Code looks : 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace STAThreadConsoleApp
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Uri url = new Uri("http://www.google.com");
            runBrowserThread(url);
        }
        static void runBrowserThread(Uri url)
        {

            var th = new Thread(() => {
                var br = new WebBrowser();
                br.DocumentCompleted += browser_DocumentCompleted;
                br.Navigate(url);
                Application.Run();
            });
            th.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
            th.Start();
        }

        static void browser_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
            var br = sender as WebBrowser;
            if (br.Url == e.Url)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Natigated to {0}", e.Url);
                br.ShowPrintDialog();
                Application.ExitThread();   // Stops the thread
            }
        }

    }
}

I dont get pop up with "Application.ExitThread();" in the browser_DocumentCompleted method. When I comment it out, I do get pop up but thread doesn't exist and my console app continues to run. How to get to exit my application? Any pointers? Thanks all !

Upvotes: 2

Views: 449

Answers (1)

ProgSky
ProgSky

Reputation: 2620

I used this post and modified it to suit my requirements. Print WebBrowser without previewing i.e. single click print Thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/users/1768303/noseratio

Upvotes: 1

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