The following code is the VB version of the C code in the KB article
249232
- HOWTO: Get IHTMLDocument2 from a HWND. It requires oleacc.dll
to be installed on the system (oleacc.dll is part of the Active Accessibility).

IEDOMFromhWnd
'
' Requires: reference to "Microsoft HTML Object Library"
'
Private Type UUID
Data1 As Long
Data2 As Integer
Data3 As Integer
Data4(0 To 7) As Byte
End Type
Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" _
Alias "GetClassNameA" ( _
ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal lpClassName As String, _
ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function EnumChildWindows Lib "user32" ( _
ByVal hWndParent As Long, _
ByVal lpEnumFunc As Long, _
lParam As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegisterWindowMessage Lib "user32" _
Alias "RegisterWindowMessageA" ( _
ByVal lpString As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessageTimeout Lib "user32" _
Alias "SendMessageTimeoutA" ( _
ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal msg As Long, _
ByVal wParam As Long, _
lParam As Any, _
ByVal fuFlags As Long, _
ByVal uTimeout As Long, _
lpdwResult As Long) As Long
Private Const SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG = &H2
Private Declare Function ObjectFromLresult Lib "oleacc" ( _
ByVal lResult As Long, _
riid As UUID, _
ByVal wParam As Long, _
ppvObject As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" _
Alias "FindWindowA" ( _
ByVal lpClassName As String, _
ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
'
' IEDOMFromhWnd
'
' Returns the IHTMLDocument interface from a WebBrowser window
'
' hWnd - Window handle of the control
'
Function IEDOMFromhWnd(ByVal hWnd As Long) As IHTMLDocument
Dim IID_IHTMLDocument As UUID
Dim hWndChild As Long
Dim lRes As Long
Dim lMsg As Long
Dim hr As Long
If hWnd <> 0 Then
If Not IsIEServerWindow(hWnd) Then
' Find a child IE server window
EnumChildWindows hWnd, AddressOf EnumChildProc, hWnd
End If
If hWnd <> 0 Then
' Register the message
lMsg = RegisterWindowMessage("WM_HTML_GETOBJECT")
' Get the object pointer
Call SendMessageTimeout(hWnd, lMsg, 0, 0, _
SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, 1000, lRes)
If lRes Then
' Initialize the interface ID
With IID_IHTMLDocument
.Data1 = &H626FC520
.Data2 = &HA41E
.Data3 = &H11CF
.Data4(0) = &HA7
.Data4(1) = &H31
.Data4(2) = &H0
.Data4(3) = &HA0
.Data4(4) = &HC9
.Data4(5) = &H8
.Data4(6) = &H26
.Data4(7) = &H37
End With
' Get the object from lRes
hr = ObjectFromLresult(lRes, IID_IHTMLDocument,_
0, IEDOMFromhWnd)
End If
End If
End If
End Function
Private Function IsIEServerWindow(ByVal hWnd As Long) As Boolean
Dim lRes As Long
Dim sClassName As String
' Initialize the buffer
sClassName = String$(100, 0)
' Get the window class name
lRes = GetClassName(hWnd, sClassName, Len(sClassName))
sClassName = Left$(sClassName, lRes)
IsIEServerWindow = StrComp(sClassName, _
"Internet Explorer_Server", _
vbTextCompare) = 0
End Function
'
' Copy this function to a .bas module
'
Function EnumChildProc(ByVal hWnd As Long, lParam As Long) As Long
If IsIEServerWindow(hWnd) Then
lParam = hWnd
Else
EnumChildProc = 1
End If
End Function