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using edge instead IE
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OK, if the question is "Can I automate Edge in the same way I automate IE, then no, Edge cannot be directly automated from VB(A). You would need get hold of the Edge WebDriver and the latest version of Selenium.
If the question is "Since IE is no longer supported will I be forced to use Edge?" then the answer is no. What has been dropped is the IE desktop application. However, the automatable components (e.g the Microsoft Internet Controls used by VB6, and MSHTML, the Microsoft HTML Object library)) currently remain supported until at least 2029 (indeed, you can still actually open the desktop application on even Windows 11, just not directly).
If the question is "Since IE is no longer supported will I be forced to use Edge?" then the answer is no. What has been dropped is the IE desktop application. However, the automatable components (e.g the Microsoft Internet Controls used by VB6, and MSHTML, the Microsoft HTML Object library)) currently remain supported until at least 2029 (indeed, you can still actually open the desktop application on even Windows 11, just not directly).
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