WebClient.DownloadStringCompleted Event

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assembly:

System.Net.WebClient.dll

Source:

WebClient.cs

Occurs when an asynchronous resource-download operation completes.

public:
 event System::Net::DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler ^ DownloadStringCompleted;

public event System.Net.DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler? DownloadStringCompleted;

member this.DownloadStringCompleted : System.Net.DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler 

Public Custom Event DownloadStringCompleted As DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler 

Event Type

DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler

Examples

The following code example demonstrates setting an event handler for this event.

// Sample call : DownloadStringInBackground2 ("http://www.contoso.com/GameScores.html");
void DownloadStringInBackground2( String^ address )
{
   WebClient^ client = gcnew WebClient;
   Uri ^uri = gcnew Uri(address);

   // Specify that the DownloadStringCallback2 method gets called
   // when the download completes.
   client->DownloadStringCompleted += gcnew DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler( DownloadStringCallback2 );
   client->DownloadStringAsync( uri );
}

// Sample call : DownloadStringInBackground2 ("http://www.contoso.com/GameScores.html");
public static void DownloadStringInBackground2(string address)
{
    WebClient client = new WebClient();
    Uri uri = new Uri(address);

    // Specify that the DownloadStringCallback2 method gets called
    // when the download completes.
    client.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(DownloadStringCallback2);
    client.DownloadStringAsync(uri);
}

'  Sample call : DownloadStringInBackground2 ("http:' www.contoso.com/GameScores.html")
Public Shared Sub DownloadStringInBackground2(ByVal address As String)

    Dim client As WebClient = New WebClient()

    '  Specify that the DownloadStringCallback2 method gets called
    '  when the download completes.
    AddHandler client.DownloadStringCompleted, AddressOf DownloadStringCallback2
                Dim uri as Uri = New Uri(address)
    client.DownloadStringAsync(uri)
End Sub

The following code example shows an implementation of a handler for this event.

void DownloadStringCallback2( Object^ /*sender*/, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs^ e )
{

   // If the request was not canceled and did not throw
   // an exception, display the resource.
   if (  !e->Cancelled && e->Error == nullptr )
   {
      String^ textString = dynamic_cast<String^>(e->Result);
      Console::WriteLine( textString );
   }
}

private static void DownloadStringCallback2(Object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
    // If the request was not canceled and did not throw
    // an exception, display the resource.
    if (!e.Cancelled && e.Error == null)
    {
        string textString = (string)e.Result;

        Console.WriteLine(textString);
    }
}

Private Shared Sub DownloadStringCallback2(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs)

    '  If the request was not canceled and did not throw
    '  an exception, display the resource.
    If e.Cancelled = False AndAlso e.Error Is Nothing Then

        Dim textString As String = CStr(e.Result)
        Console.WriteLine(textString)
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

Caution

WebRequest, HttpWebRequest, ServicePoint, and WebClient are obsolete, and you shouldn't use them for new development. Use HttpClient instead.

This event is raised each time an asynchronous operation to download a resource as a string completes. These operations are started by calling the DownloadStringAsync methods.

The DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler is the delegate for this event. The DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs class provides the event handler with event data.

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.