How to send Control commands to Webbrowser control 1

[GPerk]

I can manually do a Control-A to select all the text on a WebBrowser control, and a Control-C to copy it to the clipboard.
But...
How can I get my VB.NET program to send AUTOMATICALLY a command (such as Control-A or Control-C) to the WebBrowser control?

 

[jebenson]

The SendKeys function can be used to send keys to the current active control in your application. Do this:

WebBrowser1.Focus()

SendKeys.Send("^a") 'ctrl+a
SendKeys.Send("^c") 'ctrl+c

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[GPerk]

Jebenso,
Thank you! That does the job!

Here is my sub:

Private Sub WB_DocumentCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs) Handles WB.DocumentCompleted
Clipboard.Clear()
WB.Focus()
SendKeys.SendWait("^a") ' select
SendKeys.SendWait("^c") ' copy

txtData.Focus()
SendKeys.Send("^v") ' paste
End Sub

However, the DocumentCompleted sub appears to be getting executed more than once - the data appears repeated in txtData 2 or 3 times.
Perhaps I need to set a switch to stop it after one time?

 

[jebenson]

The DocumentComplete event fires for every document that gets loaded into the WebBrowser control. So if the URL you are navigating to has frames, etc., you will get a DocumentComplete event fired for each one. To determine when all documents have finished loading completely, use the ReadyState property of the WebBrowser control:

If WebBrowser1.ReadyState = WebBrowserReadyState.Complete Then
Clipboard.Clear()
WB.Focus()
SendKeys.SendWait("^a") ' select
SendKeys.SendWait("^c") ' copy

txtData.Focus()
SendKeys.Send("^v") ' paste
End If

I used to rock and roll every night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find 30 minutes a week in which to get funky. - Homer Simpson

Arrrr, mateys! Ye needs ta be preparin' yerselves fer Talk Like a Pirate Day!

 

[GPerk]

Jebenson,
Thanks for the info.
Works perfectly!