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Navigate Method

Description

Navigates to a resource identified by a URL or to the file identified by a full path.

Syntax

Public Sub Navigate( _
    ByVal [URL](#) As String, _
    Optional ByVal [Flags](#) As Variant, _
    Optional ByVal [TargetFrameName](#) As Variant, _
    Optional ByVal [PostData](#) As Variant, _
    Optional ByVal [Headers](#) As Variant _
)

Parameters

  • URL: A String expression that evaluates to the URL, full path, or Universal Naming Convention (UNC) location and name of the resource to display.

  • Flags: A constant or value that specifies whether to add the resource to the history list, whether to read from or write to the cache, and whether to display the resource in a new window.

  • TargetFrameName: A String expression that evaluates to the name of an HTML frame in which to display the URL in the browser window. 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.

  • 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: Data to send to the server during the HTTP POST transaction. For example, the POST transaction is used to send data gathered by an HTML form to a program or script. If this parameter does not specify any post data, the Navigate method issues an HTTP GET transaction. This parameter is ignored if URL is not an HTTP URL.

  • Headers: A value that specifies additional HTTP headers to send to the server. These headers are added to the default Microsoft® Internet Explorer headers. The headers can specify things like the action required of the server, the type of data being passed to the server, or a status code. This parameter is ignored if 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. Use the Navigate method to tell the browser which location to browse to. By including a text box in your application, you can let the user specify the location to browse to and then pass the location to the Navigate method.

See Also

WebBrowser Control

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