Get Element Value from Web browser control

Question

I'm calling a asp.net web page in a winform webbrowser control.

The webbrowser is being used to take the user information and submit it the database, creating an item
On the winform I have a submit button that invokes ("click")

        Dim doc As HtmlDocument
        doc = WebBrowser1.Document
        doc.GetElementById("btnsubmit").InvokeMember("Click")

Which works fine

After I need my winform to know what item was created.   On my webpage I have a hidden field. After submit the hidden field is populated with the item value.

I now need the winform to read this value.

        Dim doc As HtmlDocument = WebBrowser1.Document
        Dim docelement As HtmlElement = doc.GetElementById("hdnitemid")
        item_id = docelement.GetAttribute("value")

Not working item_id returns nothing.

If I look at the webpage source, the hidden value is populated with an value. I think posting the value on to another page will fix my issue, but I want to avoid doing that.

Help will be appreciated.

Kevin · Answer

I was able to achieve this by making the current html document current using Webbrowser.Navigated. Simple code is below, I now truly understand the difference between Navigated and Completed. Private WithEvents doc As HtmlDocument Dim item_id As String Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click doc.GetElementById("btnsubmit").InvokeMember("Click") End Sub Private Sub WebBrowser1_Navigated(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserNavigatedEventArgs) Handles WebBrowser1.Navigated doc = WebBrowser1.Document End Sub Private Sub WebBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs) Handles WebBrowser1.DocumentCompleted item_id = doc.GetElementById("hdnitemid").GetAttribute("value") End Sub