web client DownloadFileCompleted get file name

Question

I tried to download file like this:

WebClient _downloadClient = new WebClient();

_downloadClient.DownloadFileCompleted += DownloadFileCompleted;
_downloadCl         


        

Answer 1

I was playing around DownloadFileCompleted to get the file path/file name From the event. I've tried the above solution also but It was not like my expectation then i fond the solution by adding Querystring value, Here i would like to share the code with you.

string fileIdentifier="value to remember";
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
webClient.DownloadFileCompleted += new AsyncCompletedEventHandler (DownloadFileCompleted);
webClient.QueryString.Add("file", fileIdentifier); // here you can add values
webClient.DownloadFileAsync(new Uri((string)dyndwnldfile.path), localFilePath);

And the event can be defined as like this:

 private void DownloadFileCompleted(object sender, AsyncCompletedEventArgs e)
 {
     string fileIdentifier= ((System.Net.WebClient)(sender)).QueryString["file"];
     // process with fileIdentifier
 }

Answer 2

One way is to create a closure.

        WebClient _downloadClient = new WebClient();        
        _downloadClient.DownloadFileCompleted += DownloadFileCompleted(_filename);
        _downloadClient.DownloadFileAsync(current.url, _filename);

Which means your DownloadFileCompleted needs to return the event handler.

        public AsyncCompletedEventHandler DownloadFileCompleted(string filename)
        { 
            Action<object,AsyncCompletedEventArgs> action = (sender,e) =>
            {
                var _filename = filename;

                if (e.Error != null)
                {
                    throw e.Error;
                }
                if (!_downloadFileVersion.Any())
                {
                    complited = true;
                }
                DownloadFile();
            };
            return new AsyncCompletedEventHandler(action);
        }

The reason I create the variable called _filename is so that the filename variable passed into the DownloadFileComplete method is captured and stored in the closure. If you didn't do this you wouldn't have access to the filename variable within the closure.