Bring selected Tab in IE window to front

Vincent88

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Office Version
  1. 2019
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  2. Mobile
I found this code workable for my excel project and I put it in my module1. However I need help to add code to bring the IE to forefront.
VBA Code:
Option Explicit

#If VBA7 Then
 Private Declare PtrSafe Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As LongPtr)
#Else
 Private Declare PtrSafe Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
#End If

Public Sub Test_IE_UIAutomation()

 Dim IE As InternetExplorer
 
 Set IE = Find_and_Activate_IE_Tab_By_URL("*cnn*")
 If Not IE Is Nothing Then
 Debug.Print "Activated IE tab"
 Debug.Print "LocationURL = "; IE.LocationURL
 Debug.Print "LocationName = "; IE.LocationName
 
 Else
 Debug.Print "Not activated IE tab"
 End If
 
End Sub


Private Function Find_and_Activate_IE_Tab_By_URL(findUrlLike As String) As InternetExplorer

 'Look for an IE browser window or tab which matches the specified URL (Like operator wildcards allowed).
 'If found, activate that IE tab and return it as an InternetExplorer object. Otherwise return Nothing.
 'Works with multiple IE windows

 Dim Shell As Shell
 Dim IE As InternetExplorer
 Dim i As Variant 'must be a variant to access items in Shell.Windows() array
 Dim tabURL As String
 
 Set Shell = New Shell

 i = 0
 Set Find_and_Activate_IE_Tab_By_URL = Nothing
 While i < Shell.Windows.Count And Find_and_Activate_IE_Tab_By_URL Is Nothing
 Set IE = Shell.Windows(i)
 If Not IE Is Nothing Then
 If TypeName(IE.Document) = "HTMLDocument" Then
 If LCase(IE.LocationURL) Like LCase(findUrlLike) Then
 'Found a tab or window which matches the specified URL, now activate it
 tabURL = UIAutomation_Click_IE_Tab_By_URL(IE.Hwnd, findUrlLike)
 If tabURL <> "" Then Set Find_and_Activate_IE_Tab_By_URL = IE
 End If
 End If
 End If
 i = i + 1
 Wend
 
End Function


'Find and click (activate) a tab by its URL (can contain wildcards) and return its full URL from the IE address bar
'Code #13

#If VBA7 Then
Private Function UIAutomation_Click_IE_Tab_By_URL(IEhwnd As LongPtr, findUrlLike As String) As String
#Else
Private Function UIAutomation_Click_IE_Tab_By_URL(IEhwnd As Long, findUrlLike As String) As String
#End If
 
 Dim UIauto As IUIAutomation
 Dim IEwindow As IUIAutomationElement, IEtab As IUIAutomationElement
 Dim IEtabs As IUIAutomationElementArray
 Dim tabItemCondition As IUIAutomationCondition
 Dim addressBarCondition As IUIAutomationCondition
 Dim IEtabPattern As IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
 Dim IEaddressBar As IUIAutomationElement
 Dim i As Long
 Dim IEaddressBarUrl As String, prevIEaddressBarUrl As String
 
 'Create UIAutomation object
 
 Set UIauto = New CUIAutomation
 
 'Get Internet Explorer UIAutomation element
 
 Set IEwindow = UIauto.ElementFromHandle(ByVal IEhwnd)
 IEwindow.SetFocus 'optional - brings the IE window to the foreground
 
 'Create condition to find a TabItemControl
 
 Set tabItemCondition = UIauto.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TabItemControlTypeId)
 
 'Find all tabs
 
 Set IEtabs = IEwindow.FindAll(TreeScope_Descendants, tabItemCondition)
 
 'Create condition to find the IE address bar. This is a control with class name "AddressDisplay Control"
 
 Set addressBarCondition = UIauto.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ClassNamePropertyId, "AddressDisplay Control")
 
 'Activate each tab until the one with the specified URL is found
 
 UIAutomation_Click_IE_Tab_By_URL = ""
 prevIEaddressBarUrl = ""
 i = 0
 While i < IEtabs.Length And UIAutomation_Click_IE_Tab_By_URL = ""
 
  'Find the IE address bar
 
 Set IEaddressBar = IEwindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, addressBarCondition)

 'Get URL from address bar
 
 IEaddressBarUrl = IEaddressBar.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_LegacyIAccessibleValuePropertyId)
 
 'Is this the required URL?
 
 If Not LCase(IEaddressBarUrl) Like LCase(findUrlLike) Then
 
 'No, so activate the next tab by invoking its DoDefaultAction method (Click)
 
 Set IEtab = IEtabs.GetElement(i)
 Set IEtabPattern = IEtab.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_LegacyIAccessiblePatternId)
 IEwindow.SetFocus 'optional - brings the IE window to the foreground ' Add by me
 IEtabPattern.DoDefaultAction
 DoEvents
 
 'Wait until the tab is activated, indicated by the URL being different to the previous URL
 
 Do
 Set IEaddressBar = IEwindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, addressBarCondition)
 IEaddressBarUrl = IEaddressBar.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_LegacyIAccessibleValuePropertyId)
 DoEvents
 Sleep 20
 Loop Until IEaddressBarUrl <> prevIEaddressBarUrl
 prevIEaddressBarUrl = IEaddressBarUrl
 
 Else
 
 'Yes, so return the full URL
 
 UIAutomation_Click_IE_Tab_By_URL = IEaddressBarUrl
 
 End If
 
 i = i + 1
 Wend
 
End Function
 

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