opening internet explorer in full window (v6)

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I want to be able to open internet explorer at a particular internet page from a VB Form but I need it to be full screen.

I have found the object model stuff on microsoft but am not sure how to use it (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing I know)

the extract reads:

Syntax

InternetExplorer.FullScreen(bFullScreen) [ = bFullScreen ]
Possible Values

bFullScreen Boolean that specifies or receives one of the following values:True Internet Explorer is in full-screen mode.
False Default. Internet Explorer is in normal window mode.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of False.

Ok so where do I chuck the word TRUE??

I am probably being very dense, my forte really is creating exit buttons rather than programming

Thanks

Roberta

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I suspect it would go somewhere in the middle of this:

'Declare Sleep API
Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal nMilliseconds As Long)
 
Sub PopPageInIE()
'Create browser object reference
' Note: your project will need a reference to "Microsoft Internet Controls"
Dim ieSrc As New InternetExplorer
 
'Load page
With ieSrc
    'show window and load page
    .Visible = True
    .FullScreen = True     'try it here?????
    .navigate "http://myhost/mypage.html"
    'don't return to calling sub until the page is loaded
    While Not .readyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE
        Sleep 500      'wait 1/2 sec before trying again
    Wend
End With
 
'Clean up some of the bigger objects
'ieSrc.Quit    'if you want to close the page
Set ieSrc = Nothing
End Sub

I can’t test this right now, it’s an amended version of code I used with Internet Explorer 5.5, but hopefully this will get you started.

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thanks your a star

Roberta

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thanks your a star

Roberta

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I suspect it would go somewhere in the middle of this:

'Declare Sleep API
Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal nMilliseconds As Long)
 
Sub PopPageInIE()
'Create browser object reference
' Note: your project will need a reference to "Microsoft Internet Controls"
Dim ieSrc As New InternetExplorer
 
'Load page
With ieSrc
    'show window and load page
    .Visible = True
    .FullScreen = True     'try it here?????
    .navigate "http://myhost/mypage.html"
    'don't return to calling sub until the page is loaded
    While Not .readyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE
        Sleep 500      'wait 1/2 sec before trying again
    Wend
End With
 
'Clean up some of the bigger objects
'ieSrc.Quit    'if you want to close the page
Set ieSrc = Nothing
End Sub

I can’t test this right now, it’s an amended version of code I used with Internet Explorer 5.5, but hopefully this will get you started.

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