Navigating through websites - excel

Question

My code is able to interact with the first webpage it brings up, but then as soon as i navigate away from it, my code gives me a '424' object required error. Here is an example.
EX: go to yahoo.com - search for 'Earth' - click on the Yahoo logo to return to the yahoo homepage
Sub InternetPractice()
Dim ie As InternetExplorer
Set ie = New InternetExplorer
ie.Visible = True
ie.navigate "https://www.yahoo.com"
Do While ie.Busy = True Or ie.readyState <> 4: DoEvents: Loop
ie.document.getElementById("uh-search-box").Value = "Earth"
ie.document.getElementById("uh-search-button").Click
Do While ie.Busy = True Or ie.readyState <> 4: DoEvents: Loop
ie.document.getElementById("logo").Click
End Sub
Using VBA with the internet is new to me and any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

EDIT:
I think you are not giving enough time for ie to load... It is working for me.
So you can try this code that gives more time and try to load 3 times before aborting.
Option Explicit
Public Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
Sub InternetPractice2()
Dim IE As InternetExplorer
Dim HTMLDoc As HTMLDocument
Dim logo As Object
Dim n As Long
Set IE = New InternetExplorer 'Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
With IE
.Silent = True
.Visible = True
.Navigate "https://www.yahoo.com"
End With
WaitIE IE, 5000
Set HTMLDoc = IE.Document
HTMLDoc.getElementById("uh-search-box").Value = "Earth"
HTMLDoc.getElementById("uh-search-button").Click
load:
WaitIE IE, 10000
Set logo = HTMLDoc.getElementById("logo")
If Not logo Is Nothing Then
logo.Click
ElseIf logo Is Nothing And n < 4 Then
n = n + 1
GoTo load
End If
WaitIE IE, 5000
'Set ie to Nothing
IE.Quit
Set IE = Nothing
End Sub
Sub WaitIE(IE As Object, Optional time As Long = 250)
'Code from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33808000/run-time-error-91-object-variable-or-with-block-variable-not-set
Dim i As Long
Do
Sleep time
Debug.Print CStr(i) & vbTab & "Ready: " & CStr(IE.READYSTATE = 4) & _
vbCrLf & vbTab & "Busy: " & CStr(IE.Busy)
i = i + 1
Loop Until IE.READYSTATE = 4 Or Not IE.Busy
End Sub
Original Answer
Try closing ie in the end of the code and add some delay, because if you step the code with F8, you will see that it works:
Sub InternetPractice2()
Dim ie As InternetExplorer
Set ie = New InternetExplorer
ie.Visible = True
ie.navigate "https://www.yahoo.com"
Do While ie.Busy = True Or ie.READYSTATE <> 4: DoEvents: Loop
ie.Document.getElementById("uh-search-box").Value = "Earth"
ie.Document.getElementById("uh-search-button").Click
'Add delay After .Click
Do While ie.Busy = True Or ie.READYSTATE <> 4: DoEvents: Loop
Application.wait Now+Timevalue("00:00:05")
ie.Document.getElementById("logo").Click
'Set ie to Nothing
Set ie = Nothing
End Sub
Also close all iexplorer.exe on Windows Task Manager.