private static void waitUntilElementReadyStateIsComplete(IHTMLElement element)
{
//TODO: See if this method could be dropped, it seems to give
// more trouble (uninitialized state of elements)
// then benefits (I just introduced this method to be on
// the save side)
if (ElementTag.IsValidElement(element, Image.ElementTags))
{
return;
}
// Wait if the readystate of an element is BETWEEN
// Uninitialized and Complete. If it's uninitialized,
// it's quite probable that it will never reach Complete.
// Like for elements that could not load an image or ico
// or some other bits not part of the HTML page.
SimpleTimer timeoutTimer = new SimpleTimer(30);
do
{
int readyState = ((IHTMLElement2)element).readyStateValue;
if (readyState == 0 || readyState == 4)
{
return;
}
Thread.Sleep(Settings.SleepTime);
} while (!timeoutTimer.Elapsed);
throw new WatiNException("Element didn't reach readystate = complete within 30 seconds: " + element.outerText);
}