Sorry to butt in here. Eric could you let me know how to point it to a web address, or better still, where I can find the various properties to manipulate the IE object?
Also - I did not get the IE startup screen - I'm using IE5 in a Windows 98 environment.

TIA

>>I'm using the following line to access a web site (thanks Erik)
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>>oIE = CREATEOBJECT( "InternetExplorer.Application" )
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>>This IE object displays IE's startup screen, which I'd like to hide.
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>>Any idea how to hide this screen?
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>>TIA
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>That's strange- I have NEVER seen this.What version of IE? What OS?
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>I have tried on 95 OSR2, IE 4 and IE5, and NT 4 IE4 and IE5, and never seen IE's startup screen.