Navigate Method
Navigates to a resource identified by a URL or to a file identified by a full path.
Syntax
object.Navigate( _
url As String, _
[Flags As Variant,] _
[TargetFrameName As Variant,] _
[PostData As Variant,] _
[Headers As Variant])
Parameters
- url
- Required. A String expression that evaluates to the URL, full path, or Universal Naming Convention (UNC) location and name of the resource to display.
- Flags
- Optional. A constant or value that specifies a combination of the values defined by the BrowserNavConstants enumeration.
- TargetFrameName
- Optional. A case-sensitive string expression that evaluates to the name of the frame in which to display the resource. The possible values for this parameter are.
_blank- Load the link into a new unnamed window.
_parent- Load the link into the immediate parent of the document the link is in.
_self- Load the link into the same window the link was clicked in.
_top- Load the link into the full body of the current window.
WindowName- A named HTML frame. If no frame or window exists that matches the specified target name, a new window is opened for the specified link.
- PostData
- Optional. Data that is sent to the server as part of a HTTP POST transaction. A POST transaction is typically used to send data gathered by an HTML form. If this parameter does not specify any post data, this method issues an HTTP GET transaction. This parameter is ignored if the URL is not an HTTP URL.
- Headers
- Optional. A String that contains additional HTTP headers to send to the server. These headers are added to the default Windows Internet Explorer headers. For example, headers can specify the action required of the server, the type of data being passed to the server, or a status code. This parameter is ignored if the URL is not an HTTP URL.
Remarks
The WebBrowser control or InternetExplorer object can browse to any location in the local file system, on the network, or on the World Wide Web.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later, you can navigate through code only within the same domain as the application hosting the WebBrowser control. Otherwise, this method and Navigate2 are disabled.
In Internet Explorer 7, when you specify the navOpenInNewTab flag or the navOpenInBackgroundTab flag, do not combine them with other parameters ( TargetFrameName, PostData, Headers) or with other BrowserNavConstants flags. If tabbed browsing is disabled, or if a tab cannot be created, the call will fail. If this happens, choose another navigation method, such as navOpenInNewWindow.
Note New tabs are opened asynchronously; this method returns as soon as the tab is created, which can be before navigation in the new tab has started. The IWebBrowser2 object for the destination tab is not available to the caller. Tab order is not guaranteed, especially if this method is called many times quickly in a row.When navOpenInNewWindow or navOpenInNewTab is specified, the caller does not receive a reference to the WebBrowser object for the new window, so there is no immediate way to manipulate it.
Applies To
InternetExplorer, WebBrowser
See Also
- 2/28/2012
- CharlieBisbee
Dim IE
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
IE.Visible = True
IE.Navigate "https://website/order.do", , ,"d=123" , "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
[tfl - 04 01 12] Hi - and thanks for your post. Community content is not the appropriate place for technical support queries. Instead,
you should visit the Technet Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/technet, where such posts are welcomed and where you stand a much
better chance of getting your query resolved. Sorry if that's not the answer you wanted to hear.
- 12/2/2011
- Kožený Vikititor
- 1/4/2012
- Thomas Lee
how I cann send a Request with HTTPS URL? I have this Script:
Dim IE
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
IE.Visible = True
IE.Navigate https://web/something.php, , ,"something=5" , "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
The POST data "something=5" are not transported to the web. How i cann send POST with HTTPS protocol?
Thanks
[tfl - 04 01 12] Hi - and thanks for your post. Community content is not the appropriate place for technical support queries. Instead,
you should visit the Technet Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/technet, where such posts are welcomed and where you stand a much
better chance of getting your query resolved. Sorry if that's not the answer you wanted to hear.
- 12/2/2011
- Kožený Vikititor
- 1/4/2012
- Thomas Lee
[tfl - 04 01 12] Hi - and thanks for your post. Community content is not the appropriate place for technical support queries. Instead,
you should visit the Technet Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/technet, where such posts are welcomed and where you stand a much
better chance of getting your query resolved. Sorry if that's not the answer you wanted to hear.
- 11/14/2011
- 2C2F4301-8A5A-4CB2-9998-9CD44B0C6480
- 1/4/2012
- Thomas Lee
I realized that the "Flags" variable needed to be a VT_I4 type, and this is not done automatically in VB/VBScript, so you have to do a manual conversion with the CLng function, I.E.:
const navOpenInNewTab = &h0800
Set oIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
oIE.Visible = True
oIE.Navigate "http://msdn.microsoft.com", CLng(navOpenInNewTab)
If you don't convert it, it'll be ignored, and you'll be left without a clue as to what went wrong.
-- Good catch! Apparently, only VT_I4 is recognized by the InternetExplorer automation object. If you are using the WebBrowser control, both VT_I2 (Integer) and VT_I4 (Long) types are supported. (jsudds)
-- Thanks for pointing this out. You saved me from getting desperate (billy)
- 9/3/2007
- Jazzgeir
- 10/3/2011
- billybo1968
- 3/29/2009
- Kip Kennedy