Using an IE browser with Visual Basic

Question

Struggling to find a solution to this one. From Visual Basic (VBA in Excel more specifically) I\'m able to call an Internet Explorer window by title using

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Answer 1

You could try something like this, drawing heavily on reusing Internet Explorer COM Automation Object to identify an instance of IE with then specific web page active that you are looking for.

Change
strURL = "http://www.theage.com.au/"
to

"My Page Title - Windows Internet Explorer" as necessary

VBA

Sub Test()
Dim ShellApp As Object
Dim ShellWindows As Object
Dim IEObject  As Object
Dim strURL As String
strURL = "http://www.theage.com.au/"
Set ShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set ShellWindows = ShellApp.Windows()
Dim i
For i = 0 To ShellWindows.Count - 1
    If InStr(ShellWindows.Item(i).FullName, "iexplore.exe") <> 0 Then
        If ShellWindows.Item(i).LocationURL = strURL Then
            Set IEObject = ShellWindows.Item(i)
            MsgBox "IE instance with " & strURL & " found"
            Exit For
        End If
    End If
Next
End Sub