save file without save file dialog in c# webbrowser control

Mai Hu Na

hi friends,
i am implementing code to automatic download files from client site without intermediatory manual step using c# code.
i am using webBrowser control application to access element of website.but when i click on Download button using c# code i shows the save file dialog to enter file path to save file.my requirement is to save the files through c# code by passing path without save file dialog.

Thanks for ur valuable time & help

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Iftikar Hussain13y ago
donæt invoke click method of anchor tag, instead read the url(href) of anchor tag and use webclient to download the file.

Regards,
Iftikar
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Mai Hu Na13y ago
This code open/save file dialog i need to automatic save files under provided path..

foreach (HtmlElement row in webBrowser1.Document.Window.Frames["View_Frame"].Document.GetElementsByTagName("TR"))

{
     foreach (HtmlElement link in row.GetElementsByTagName("A")) { link.InvokeMember("Click");
   }

}
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Iftikar Hussain13y ago
Can you please share your code?

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Iftikar
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Mai Hu Na13y ago
i Try this but downloaded path file contain HTML tag and some related text which is not actual text of file to download.
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Iftikar Hussain13y ago
try this

WebClient client = new WebClient();
foreach (HtmlElement row in webBrowser1.Document.Window.Frames["View_Frame"].Document.GetElementsByTagName("input"))
{
if (row.Name == "DOWNLOADALL")
{
row.InvokeMember("click");
tbState.Text = "4";
client.Headers.Add("user-agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)");
client.DownloadFile(URL, path);//I don't know where is your URL and path!
break;
}
}

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Iftikar
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Mai Hu Na13y ago
i want to download file on local system folder path using c# code
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Iftikar Hussain13y ago
you want to download files from your application to some physically path or upload file from a physical location to your windows application?

Regards,
Iftikar
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Mai Hu Na13y ago
thanks ur reply but i am looking solution in C# window application
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Iftikar Hussain13y ago
Hi,
Are you looking the solution in ASP.NET?

Regards,
Iftikar
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