Reinitializing Internet Explorer in VB

Hi,
I wrote a program to change the Internet Explorer branding logo (upper right directly below the "X" of the Ie window). If Ie is not running, everything works as expected. But when Ie is running, my program changes the "animated flag" to my own branding logo. However, the logo won't physically display to the new logo until Ie is closed and reopened. My question is, are there APIs that I can call to reinitialize Ie to get the affect just as I close and reopen Ie?

BTW, F5 or regular refresh on Ie woundn't solve the problem

Thanks in advance,

PhiL

assuming you have the window handle of the internet explorer window , you can use the UpdateWindow api to show any changes you have made

VB Code:

[color=blue]Private Declare Function[/color] UpdateWindow [color=blue]Lib[/color] "user32.dll" ([color=blue]ByVal[/color] hwnd [color=blue]As Long[/color]) [color=blue]As Long[/color]
 
 
[COLOR=green]'/// to use ....[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]Dim[/COLOR] handle [COLOR=blue]As Long[/COLOR]
handle = " * * * the handle of your internet explorer window here * * * "
UpdateWindow handle

quite interested to know if this worked! did it?

cheers,

wc.