You can manipulate the Form and Controls or call C# methods from WebBrowser using JavaScript and also you can manipulate content of WebBrowser control or call JavaScript methods from C#.
Manipulate WinForms from Html
To manipulate your Form from WebBrowser control and call C# methods and access your form properties you should decorate your form with [ComVisibleAttribute(true)] then you can set the form as ObjectForScripting property of WebBrowser control.
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.webBrowser1.ObjectForScripting = this;
}
}
Then you can simply call methods and access to elements of your windows form this way:
Call C# method from JavaScript:
window.external.SomeCSMethod('Method called from JavaScript');
Set value of a WinForms Control from JavaScript:
Make the textBox1 control on your Form to be public by setting the value of Modifier property to public using desginer. Then it can be accessible from JavaScript:
window.external.textBox1.Text="Value set from JavaScript";
Manipulate Html from WinForms
You can manipulate html content of web browser control from C# code and call JavaScript methods or set value of html elements using methods of Document property of WebBrowser control:
Call JavaScript method from C#:
this.webBrowser1.Document.InvokeScript("someJSMethod", new []{"Method called from C#"});
Set value of a Html Control from C#:
this.webBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("text1")
.SetAttribute("Value set from C#", "Value From C#");
Sample Code:
You can create a Form1 class and put button1 and button2 and textBox1 and webBrowser1 on your Form set the Modifer of textBox1 to public:
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.Load += Form1_Load;
button1.Click += button1_Click;
button2.Click += button2_Click;
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.webBrowser1.DocumentText =
@"<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<script>
function someJSMethod(value){alert(value);}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type=""text"" id=""text1""/>
<br/>
<input type=""button"" value=""Call C# Method"" id=""button1""
onclick=""window.external.SomeCSMethod('Method called from JavaScript');""/>
<br/>
<input type=""button"" value=""Set WinForms Control Value"" id=""button2""
onclick=""window.external.textBox1.Text="Value set from JavaScript";""/>
</body>
</html>";
this.webBrowser1.ObjectForScripting = this;
}
public void SomeCSMethod(string value)
{
MessageBox.Show(value);
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.webBrowser1.Document
.InvokeScript("someJSMethod", new[]{ "Method called from C#" });
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.webBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("text1")
.SetAttribute("value", "Value set from C#");
}
}