WebClient.DownloadDataCompleted Event

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assembly:

System.Net.WebClient.dll

Source:

WebClient.cs

Occurs when an asynchronous data download operation completes.

public:
 event System::Net::DownloadDataCompletedEventHandler ^ DownloadDataCompleted;

public event System.Net.DownloadDataCompletedEventHandler? DownloadDataCompleted;

member this.DownloadDataCompleted : System.Net.DownloadDataCompletedEventHandler 

Public Custom Event DownloadDataCompleted As DownloadDataCompletedEventHandler 

Event Type

DownloadDataCompletedEventHandler

Examples

The following code example demonstrates setting an event handler for this event.

// Sample call : DownLoadDataInBackground ("http://www.contoso.com/GameScores.html");
void DownloadDataInBackground( String^ address )
{
   System::Threading::AutoResetEvent^ waiter = gcnew System::Threading::AutoResetEvent( false );
   WebClient^ client = gcnew WebClient;
   Uri ^uri = gcnew Uri(address);

   // Specify that the DownloadDataCallback method gets called
   // when the download completes.
   client->DownloadDataCompleted += gcnew DownloadDataCompletedEventHandler( DownloadDataCallback );
   client->DownloadDataAsync( uri, waiter );

   // Block the main application thread. Real applications
   // can perform other tasks while waiting for the download to complete.
   waiter->WaitOne();
}

// Sample call : DownLoadDataInBackground ("http://www.contoso.com/GameScores.html");
public static void DownloadDataInBackground(string address)
{
    System.Threading.AutoResetEvent waiter = new System.Threading.AutoResetEvent(false);
    WebClient client = new WebClient();
    Uri uri = new Uri(address);

    // Specify that the DownloadDataCallback method gets called
    // when the download completes.
    client.DownloadDataCompleted += new DownloadDataCompletedEventHandler(DownloadDataCallback);
    client.DownloadDataAsync(uri, waiter);

    // Block the main application thread. Real applications
    // can perform other tasks while waiting for the download to complete.
    waiter.WaitOne();
}

'  Sample call : DownLoadDataInBackground ("http:' www.contoso.com/GameScores.html")
Public Shared Sub DownloadDataInBackground(ByVal address As String)

    Dim waiter As System.Threading.AutoResetEvent = New System.Threading.AutoResetEvent(False)
    Dim client As WebClient = New WebClient()

    '  Specify that the DownloadDataCallback method gets called
    '  when the download completes.
    AddHandler client.DownloadDataCompleted, AddressOf DownloadDataCallback
                Dim uri as Uri = New Uri(address)
    client.DownloadDataAsync(uri, waiter)

    '  Block the main application thread. Real applications
    '  can perform other tasks while waiting for the download to complete.
    waiter.WaitOne()
End Sub

The following code example shows an implementation of a handler for this event.

void DownloadDataCallback( Object^ /*sender*/, DownloadDataCompletedEventArgs^ e )
{
   System::Threading::AutoResetEvent^ waiter = dynamic_cast<System::Threading::AutoResetEvent^>(e->UserState);
   try
   {

      // If the request was not canceled and did not throw
      // an exception, display the resource.
      if (  !e->Cancelled && e->Error == nullptr )
      {
         array<Byte>^data = dynamic_cast<array<Byte>^>(e->Result);
         String^ textData = System::Text::Encoding::UTF8->GetString( data );
         Console::WriteLine( textData );
      }
   }
   finally
   {

      // Let the main application thread resume.
      waiter->Set();
   }

}

private static void DownloadDataCallback(Object sender, DownloadDataCompletedEventArgs e)
{
    System.Threading.AutoResetEvent waiter = (System.Threading.AutoResetEvent)e.UserState;

    try
    {
        // If the request was not canceled and did not throw
        // an exception, display the resource.
        if (!e.Cancelled && e.Error == null)
        {
            byte[] data = (byte[])e.Result;
            string textData = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);

            Console.WriteLine(textData);
        }
    }
    finally
    {
        // Let the main application thread resume.
        waiter.Set();
    }
}

Private Shared Sub DownloadDataCallback(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DownloadDataCompletedEventArgs)

    Dim waiter As System.Threading.AutoResetEvent = CType(e.UserState, System.Threading.AutoResetEvent)

    Try

        '  If the request was not canceled and did not throw
        '  an exception, display the resource.
        If e.Cancelled = False AndAlso e.Error Is Nothing Then

            Dim data() As Byte = CType(e.Result, Byte())
            Dim textData As String = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data)

            Console.WriteLine(textData)
        End If
    Finally

        '  Let the main application thread resume.
        waiter.Set()
    End Try
End Sub

Remarks

Caution

WebRequest, HttpWebRequest, ServicePoint, and WebClient are obsolete, and you shouldn't use them for new development. Use HttpClient instead.

This event is raised each time an asynchronous data download operation completes. Asynchronous data downloads are started by calling the DownloadDataAsync methods.

The DownloadDataCompletedEventHandler is the delegate for this event. The DownloadDataCompletedEventArgs class provides the event handler with event data.

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.