How to handle Javascript events via WebBrowser control for WinForms

garik picture garik · Mar 2, 2011 · Viewed 25.2k times · Source

I have read WebBrowser Control from .Net — How to Inject Javascript, Is it possible to call Javascript method from C# winforms and many others. Those examples were returns function value or alert window (synchronous calls). I have to get result from event handler (async call):

<script type="text/javascript">
        window.onload = function() {
            var o = new M.Build(document.getElementById("ZID"));

            M.Events.observe(o, o.Events.Success, function() {
                // I have to get some value!!
            });

            M.Events.observe(o, o.Events.Fault, function() {
                // I have to get some value!!
            });
        }
    </script>

Answer

garik picture garik · Mar 25, 2011

Calling C# from JavaScript

Simply put, you can expose a C# object to the WebBrowser that the JavaScript can call directly The WebBrowser class exposes a property called ObjectForScripting that can be set by your application and becomes the window.external object within JavaScript. The object must have the ComVisibleAttribute set true

C#:

 [System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
    public class ScriptInterface
    {
        public void callMe()
        {
            … // Do something interesting
        }
    }

    webBrowser1.ObjectForScripting = new ScriptInterface();

Javascript:

window.external.callMe();

Calling JavaScript in a WebBrowser control from C#