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Thanks! I'll try it.

Well, I finally figured it out. The problem was that when I called PlaySound, I passed it the parameter &H0 which tells the function to run synchronously. When I changed it to &H1 which is for...

Huh. Well, now it seems to work just fine--clock disappears first. Thanks for your help!

Hi Shaggy Hiker--Thanks for the tip about pasting in code!

Anyway, adding Application.DoEvents makes the countdown clock disappear even if the "Nothing found" message box is still present (whereas...

Hi all--So I have some code which opens IE to a particular search from a search engine (which takes awhile) and then either makes the page visible, or else reports that there were no search results...

Thanks! I'll try it tomorrow.

I have a VBA routine which starts IE at a search site (let's call it phase A). During request processing (phase B), a "Loading..." page is displayed. After that (phase C), the results page comes up...

And here's my code which puts in the search string on the initial page:

Dim ie As Object
Set ie = CreateObject("internetexplorer.application")
ie.navigate "https://patentscout.innography.com/"...

OK, here is (I think) the relevant section from the page:

<div class="filter-list">

<div class="styled-select"><select id="source_jurisdiction" name="source_jurisdiction" title=""...

I've got the page source but I can't seem to paste it all into a thread reply. Is it too long maybe?

OK, let me go to the page myself and grab the entire page source.

By way of background, https://patentscout.innography.com is a patent search site. If you enter text in the search field ("light bulb", for instance), a new page opens with the results of that...