Problem with code using Internet Explorer

The Gunslinger

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I have a routine which has one simple task of extracting a value from a website, the value is the current UK ISA allowance, from this web site https://www.gov.uk/individual-savings-accounts/overview

the code works a treat, with one small problem, that i only found when i used an adaption of the code to extract other data from a different page, as that code is still a work in progress, i'll post this one, which exhibits the same problem....

once run, it starts a copy of Internet Explorer, not visible as instructed, however, at the end of the code it fails to close it, leaving it orphaned and visible in task manager. I found this problem when i used the code in a loop

here's the code, can someone point out where i've gone wrong please, because right now i can't seem to see the wood for the trees.

Code:
Sub Get_ISA_Allowance()
On Error GoTo Skip
If IsInternetConnected() = True Then

    Dim Browser As InternetExplorer
    Dim Document As HTMLDocument
    Dim Elements As IHTMLElementCollection
    Dim Element As IHTMLElement

    Set Browser = New InternetExplorer
    Browser.Visible = False
    Browser.Navigate "https://www.gov.uk/individual-savings-accounts/overview"

    Do While Browser.Busy And Not Browser.readyState = READYSTATE_COMPLETE
        DoEvents
    Loop

    Set Document = Browser.Document

    Set Elements = Document.getElementsByTagName("em")
    For Each Element In Elements
        ' Exit null value
        If Element.innerText = "" Then GoTo Skip
        ' Set ISA Allowance cell to new value, stripping out characters first
        Sheet1.Range("ISA_Allowance_Total").Value = Format(Element.innerText, "#,##")
    Next Element

Skip:
    Set Document = Nothing
    Set Browser = Nothing

End If
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub


for this code, i have also enabled the reference to "Microsoft Internet Controls" in the VBA references dialog
the internet check is also a custom function in another module that works fine

TIA
 

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you never tell browser to quit. you just set it to nothing. try something like this.

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Code:
Skip:
Browser.Quit
    Set Document = Nothing
    Set Browser = Nothing
 
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Doh !!!!!

that got it, i knew it was something simple, ok, thank you...... now back to my other routine where i'm looping that code, except small problem there, i think i got my ip banned from the site i was accessing for the data, probably too many requests in a given period of time, although i am having issues with error trapping as well, where resume next isnt working :(
 
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