I am using ASP.NET MVC with Entity Framework version 4.5.1.
I am trying to capture a screenshot of HTML content, including some images, using a WebBrowser control in a separate thread.
I am experiencing inconsistency in capturing images where some images appear correctly in the screenshot while others do not.
This is my code:
Thread thread = new Thread(() =>
{
using (var browser = new WebBrowser())
{
// Navigate to a blank page
browser.Navigate("about:blank");
// Wait for the WebBrowser control to finish loading
while (browser.ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState.Complete)
{
Application.DoEvents();
}
// Inject the HTML content into the WebBrowser control
browser.Document.OpenNew(true);
browser.Document.Write(jobOrderHttml);
// Wait for all images to load
while (browser.Document.Body.All.Cast<HtmlElement>().Any(e => e.TagName.ToLower() == "img"
&& !((bool)e.DomElement.GetType().GetProperty("complete").GetValue(e.DomElement))))
{
Application.DoEvents();
}
// Wait for the content to render
while (browser.ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState.Complete)
{
Application.DoEvents();
}
// Set the size of the WebBrowser control to fit the content
browser.Width = browser.Document.Body.ScrollRectangle.Width;
browser.Height = browser.Document.Body.ScrollRectangle.Height;
// Ensure all content is visible by scrolling to the top
browser.Document.Window.ScrollTo(0, 0);
// Create a bitmap to capture the screenshot of the entire content
Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(browser.Width, browser.Height);
browser.DrawToBitmap(bitmap, new Rectangle(0, 0, browser.Width, browser.Height));
// Save the bitmap as an image
string outputPath = JobOrdersPath + TicketJobOrderId + ".jpg";
bitmap.Save(outputPath, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
// Open the image file with the default image viewer
//System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(outputPath);
}
});
I am sure the path of images is correct because all images located in the same path.
Also I am trying to wait until all images is loaded.
The loop to wait for all images to load is always true so it does not work for me.
I have been stuck at this point for more than a week - any help please?