C#•3mo ago

why reading from a file in webforms application using StreamReader class dose not block the browser?

While making so in a windows form application the application got frozen tell the reading ends note :I am using Thread.Sleep()

6 Replies

jcotton42•3mo ago

The browser? As in a web view in the app? Please provide more details.

steven preadly•3mo ago

Webforms is an old technology unfortunately I am working In a company that is still using it,its extension .aspx yes I will send a sample of the code

//Webform1.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="WebApplication1.WebForm1" %>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Proccessing" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
            <asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="ClickMe" OnClick="Button2_Click" />
            <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>

        </div>
        
    </form>
</body>
</html>

//Webform1.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" Inherits="WebApplication1.WebForm1" %>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Proccessing" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
            <asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="ClickMe" OnClick="Button2_Click" />
            <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>

        </div>
        
    </form>
</body>
</html>

c#
//Webform1.aspx.cs
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;

namespace WebApplication1
{
    public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
    {

        private string _count = default;

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }


        private void CharacterCount() 
        {
            string file = @"D:\Projects\AutherizationAndAuthentication\storage\logs\laravel.log";

            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(file)) 
            {
                string Content = sr.ReadToEnd();

                _count = Content.Length.ToString();
            }

        }


        protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
          

            CharacterCount();

            Label1.Text = "Proccessing...";

            Thread.Sleep(5000);

            Label1.Text = "The Number Of Chars In File Is " + _count;
        }

        protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {


        }
    }
}

c#
//Webform1.aspx.cs
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;

namespace WebApplication1
{
    public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
    {

        private string _count = default;

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }


        private void CharacterCount() 
        {
            string file = @"D:\Projects\AutherizationAndAuthentication\storage\logs\laravel.log";

            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(file)) 
            {
                string Content = sr.ReadToEnd();

                _count = Content.Length.ToString();
            }

        }


        protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
          

            CharacterCount();

            Label1.Text = "Proccessing...";

            Thread.Sleep(5000);

            Label1.Text = "The Number Of Chars In File Is " + _count;
        }

        protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {


        }
    }
}

jcotton42•3mo ago

Oh WebForms, I thought you said WinForms. I got no idea 🤷‍♂️

steven preadly•3mo ago

i know it very old but stell being used in here do you have any clue about this

jcotton42•3mo ago

I do not, I only touched WebForms once and it was something I tried to forget 😅

steven preadly•3mo ago

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why reading from a file in webforms application using StreamReader class dose not block the browser?