running internet explorer from vb

Is it possible to run Internet Explorer from a vb program. I created an internet explorer document and saved it on my local drive, but I need to pass values back from internet explorer to my program. Is there a way to do this?
thanks

Here's some code from one of my forms... you can wade through it and pick out what you need.

VB Code:

Option Explicit
'global variable for use in displaying logs on intranet (*.*.*.*)
Dim IE As InternetExplorer
'show about form
Private Sub About_Click(Index As Integer)
frmAbout.Show
End Sub
'show daily value form
Private Sub cmdDV_Click()
frmDV.Show
End Sub
'show outage form
Private Sub cmdOutages_Click()
frmOutage.Show
End Sub
'show misc form
Private Sub cmdMisc_Click()
frmMisc.Show
End Sub
'show calender of logs
Private Sub cmdyesterday_Click()
 
Dim strA As String
Dim strB As String
Dim strC As String
'create date strings
strA = Format(Now, "yy")
strB = Format(Now, "mm")
strC = Format(Now, "dd")
'open IE and show log
Set IE = New InternetExplorer
IE.Visible = True
IE.Navigate "K:\Engineering\Inetlog\calenders\" & strB & strA & ".htm"
 
End Sub
'exit form
Private Sub Exit_Click(Index As Integer)
Unload Me
End Sub
 
Private Sub LCRecip_Click()
Shell "Notepad " & App.Path & "\elistcall.txt", vbNormalFocus
End Sub
 
Private Sub LogRecip_Click()
Shell "Notepad " & App.Path & "\elist.txt", vbNormalFocus
End Sub
 
'show today's log
Private Sub TLog_Click(Index As Integer)
Dim strA As String
Dim strB As String
Dim strC As String
'create date strings
strA = Format(Now, "yy")
strB = Format(Now, "mm")
strC = Format(Now, "dd")
'open IE and show log
Set IE = New InternetExplorer
IE.Visible = True
IE.Navigate "K:\Engineering\Inetlog\" & strA & "\" & strB & "\" & strB & strC & strA & ".htm"
 
End Sub
'show yesterday's log
Private Sub YLog_Click(Index As Integer)
Dim strA As String
Dim strB As String
Dim strC As String
Dim strX As String
'create date strings
strX = Now - 1
strA = Format(strX, "yy")
strB = Format(strX, "mm")
strC = Format(strX, "dd")
'open IE and show yesterday's log
Set IE = New InternetExplorer
IE.Visible = True
IE.Navigate "K:\Engineering\Inetlog\" & strA & "\" & strB & "\" & strB & strC & strA & ".htm"
 
End Sub