[RESOLVED] DownloadStringASync-Somethings wrong

[Mal1t1a]

Hi, This is an old code I have dug up, and I do remember it working, at least I think it was this exact code. Anyways, I'm trying to download a WebPage as a String, which works, however, I can not parse each line of Html at a time. I can either, Parse each Character, or parse the whole thing as a single String. Here's my code:

Public Class Form1
    Private WithEvents WC As New Net.WebClient

    Private Sub WC_StringFinished(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Net.DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs) Handles WC.DownloadStringCompleted
        Dim htmlLines() As String = e.Result.Split(New String() {Environment.NewLine}, StringSplitOptions.None)
        For Each i As String In htmlLines
        ComboBox1.Items.Add(i)
        Next
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
            WC.DownloadStringAsync(New Uri("http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=Mal1t1a&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq="))
    End Sub
End Class

[jmcilhinney]

Are you sure that the lines are delimited by the value you're specifying? Environment.NewLine will return a carriage return and line feed pair on a Windows system, i.e. CR LF. Quite possibly the file you're reading has lines delimited by line feeds only. If you want to be able to handle both, try creating a StringReader and calling ReadLine.

[Mal1t1a]

Well, all I'm trying to accomplish, is the read the HTML Page, line-by-line. It's worked before, and well, now it doesn't.

[Zeelia]

Create a StringReader, as jmcilhinney said.
That way you can read the code line by line.

And are you sure that the StringFinished event is called when the download is complete?
Try adding a MsgBox saying something to be sure that the event gets raised.

[Mal1t1a]

Yes, I'm positive it's being called. I can try creating a StringReader as he said, however, it feels odd, because I've never needed to do that before. I'm pretty sure this code has sufficed for me.

[jmcilhinney]

It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish; if you don't use the right code then it won't work. The fact that some code worked for one file doesn't necessarily mean it will work for another file because the two files may be different. As I said in my previous post, you are explicitly try to split the file on CR/LF pairs. If the lines of the file are delimited by LF characters alone then there are no CR/LF pairs so the file won't be split. You can test that by trying to split that file on LF characters alone:

Dim htmlLines() As String = e.Result.Split(ControlChars.Lf)

If that works where your other code doesn't then that is the issue for that particular file.

As I also said in my previous post, if you want to be able to handle files that are delimited in both ways then you should use a StringReader.

[Mal1t1a]

It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish; if you don't use the right code then it won't work. The fact that some code worked for one file doesn't necessarily mean it will work for another file because the two files may be different. As I said in my previous post, you are explicitly try to split the file on CR/LF pairs. If the lines of the file are delimited by LF characters alone then there are no CR/LF pairs so the file won't be split. You can test that by trying to split that file on LF characters alone:

Dim htmlLines() As String = e.Result.Split(ControlChars.Lf)

If that works where your other code doesn't then that is the issue for that particular file.

As I also said in my previous post, if you want to be able to handle files that are delimited in both ways then you should use a StringReader.

Thank-you, That worked perfectly, also, sorry, I had to Re-Download and Install Everything. I don't exactly understand how to tell. Would I just try both of them? Or is there a certain way to actually tell? Also, thanks again!