C#: How to multithread with webbrowser?

[kytro360]

My program will be visiting several sites (over 100) and posting to them. I was wondering if it was possible to multithread it, if so how?

Also if its not possible how can I incorporate a numericUpDown object and by putting up the number in it tell my program to create more instances of webbrowser then to do what I tell it to do? h:

 

[TEBot]

I don't think you can multi thread a WebBrowser because it's a Control and I believe all Controls must be created from the main thread.

I've never used the NumericUpDown Control so I can't help you on that one, sorry. But I wouldn't think it would be to difficult, maybe use one of the events on the NumericUpDown Control and when the event fires use a for loop to interate based on the number in the NumericUpDown Control, each time it iterates create a new WebBrowser.

 

[kytro360]

What about:

private void numericUpDown1_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
           if (numericUpDown1.Value ==1)
           {

               ///Create browser
               ///


           }
           else if (numericUpDown1.Value == 2)
           {

               /// Create webbrowser
           }

        }

What code can I use to create several instances of the webbrowser?

 

[Patel]

Just use a tabbedcontrol and add a tab and a browser for each number

For Each i As Int = 1 to numupdown.text

not sure if that code will work. (mainly cuz its vb). but its somewhere near that

 

[TEBot]

Just use a tabbedcontrol and add a tab and a browser for each number

For Each i As Int = 1 to numupdown.text

not sure if that code will work. (mainly cuz its vb). but its somewhere near that

Like Patel said, except instead of the For Each you'd do something like this:

int lastIndex = Convert.ToInt32(numupdown.Text);
for (int i = 0; i < lastIndex; i++)

 

[kytro360]

How do I add tabs in my browser? I already added the Tab Control

 

[Chicken]

Multithreading = a new thread which doesn't rely on the main thing, which means that it won't freeze even if it is working hard. Now, as for more than one webbrowser, seriously?

That will cause memory problems as webbrowsers consume a lot of resources, better doing webrequests.

 

[MeKirk]

It's true you can't create controls on other threads but that's because it's not thread safe. Ofcourse it's possible, just when creating a thread add this option:

Thread th = new Thread(Function);
CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = false; // this bypasses it
th.Start();

However be carefull with non-safe-threading.

 

[syanide]

you can multi thread a browser control.. you simply need to make sure the thread you create is defined as STA -> a single threaded apartment..