Get existing IE via VBA

Question

My goal is to scrape data off multiple webpages on the same site into Excel. I have these pages open in tabs within IE8. I have no other IE windows open.

I have trie

Answer 1

OK, so I notice a potential problem with the first method you attempt using the Shell object.

You may have an incorrect value for the .FullName property. (when I debug and examin the ShellWindows collection, I see path ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\"

Function GetIE() As Object

Dim ShellApp as Object, ShellWindows as Object, i as Long 
Dim IEObject As Object

Set ShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set ShellWindows = ShellApp.Windows()

For i = 0 To ShellWindows.Count - 1
    If InStr(ShellWindows.Item(i).FullName, "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE") <> 0 Then
       Set IEObject = ShellWindows.Item(i)
       Exit For  'No need to continue....
    End If
Next

If IEObject Is Nothing Then Set IEObject = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")

Set GetIE = IEObject

End Function

You can put this function in your code, just tuck it away somewhere, then whenever you need IE you can call it like: