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WebBrowser1.Select()
SendKeys.Send("^f")

This code works fine if i had browser IE6 or IE7.

But for IE8 it does not work...
It always results as "Not found"..

Posted 14-Jul-11 23:17pm

Minaxi 4m India

Updated 21-Apr-21 11:55am

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Dim doc As HTMLDocument
Set doc = frm.WebBrowser1.Document
doc.focus
SendKeys "^f", True

Posted 21-Apr-21 11:55am

Jarek2005

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Richard Deeming 22-Apr-21 4:10am

An unexplained code-dump in the wrong language - you are using VB6, whereas the OP was using VB.NET - is not a "solution" to this ancient and already-solved question.

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Minaxi 4m India · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-19T01:13:00

I got the solution by trial & error:

On Page_Load i used to write my HTML string (strHTML) like..

    WebBrowser1.Navigate("about:blank")
WebBrowser1.Document.Write(strHTML)

& on FindButton_Click

WebBrowser1.Select()
SendKeys.Send("^f")

this will alternate option of pressing Ctrl+F to find any string on Web Browser..

Now this code works fine for IE6 & IE7.
But if I have IE8 then "find window" is unable to find anything..

Now, if i wrote

WebBrowser1.DocumentText = strHTML

in Page_Load after writing my strHTML to WebBrowser, it worked for me..

I think the problem was that IE8 cant find where it has to find, since navigate URL is "about:blank" So, we have to specify "DocumentText" property..

But this is my guess only, if anybody know the exact reason plz post ur reply...