Using UIAutomationClient to automate the Save As file download in IE11

John_w

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Here is VBA code which automates the complete 'Save As' file download procedure in IE11, when a download is offered by IE's Download Notification Bar.

To use for your own web site downloads you would automate IE and do whatever is necessary to make the Download Notification Bar appear at the bottom of the IE window and then call IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation. It has the following parameters:

Public Function IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IEhwnd As Long, ByVal saveInFolder As String, ByVal saveAsFileName As String, ByVal replaceExistingFile As Boolean, ByRef downloadResult As String) As Boolean

  • IEhwnd - The handle of the IE window. The Download Notification Bar must be displayed in the active tab. If necessary, call IE_Click_Tab_Like to activate the required tab before calling this function.
  • saveInFolder - The folder path where the downloaded file will be saved. Specify "" to save the file in IE's default download folder.
  • saveAsFileName - The file name which the downloaded file will be given. Specify "" to use the file name provided by the web site.
  • replaceExistingFile - True to replace the file if it already exists; False to overwrite the file.
  • downloadResult - Output string returned to the caller showing whether the file was successfully download or not, including the file name of the downloaded file (including its path if saveInFolder was specified).
Function return value - True: the file was downloaded; False: the file was not downloaded.

NOTE - The only issue I had was that after calling SetValue to put a specific file name in the Save As dialogue and clicking Save (Invoke), the download doesn't recognise the specified file name and still uses the default file name provided by the web site. A simple workaround which has worked in all tests is SendKeys " ", True to insert a space character at start of the file name input element, however I know that SendKeys is unreliable and this might not always work for some people.

Also note that the IE tab offering the download must be the active tab, and the IE_Click_Tab_Like routine should be called to activate it if necessary. The code also includes several debugging functions which can be helpful to understand the UIAutomation hierarchy.

Here is the complete code, including a test procedure for downloading a 2 Kb csv file from morningstar.com

Code:
'07-Feb-2019
'Use UIAutomationClient to automate the Save As file download in IE11

'References:
'Microsoft Internet Controls
'Microsoft HTML Object Library
'UIAutomationClient


Option Explicit

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    Private Declare PtrSafe Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
    Private Declare PtrSafe Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWndParent As LongPtr, ByVal hwndChildAfter As LongPtr, ByVal lpszClass As String, ByVal lpszWindow As String) As LongPtr
    Private Declare PtrSafe Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As LongPtr) As Long
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    Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
    Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWndParent As Long, ByVal hwndChildAfter As Long, ByVal lpszClass As String, ByVal lpszWindow As String) As Long
    Private Declare Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long
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Public Sub IE_Download_File_Save_As()

    Dim URL As String
    Dim IE As InternetExplorer
    Dim HTMLdoc As HTMLDocument
    Dim exportLink As HTMLLinkElement
    Dim saveInFolder As String
    Dim saveAsFileName As String
    Dim replaceExistingFile As Boolean
    Dim downloadResult As String, downloadStatus As Boolean
    
    saveInFolder = ""                           'Save in IE11's default download folder
    saveInFolder = "c:\path\to\folder"          'Save in this folder
    saveAsFileName = ""                         'Save As the file name provided by web site
    saveAsFileName = "My Csv Data"              'Save As this file name
    replaceExistingFile = True
    
    URL = "http://financials.morningstar.com/balance-sheet/bs.html?t=INTC&region=usa&culture=en-US"
    
    'See if an IE window is already open at the site
    
    Set IE = Get_IE_Window(CStr(URL))
    If IE Is Nothing Then
        Set IE = New InternetExplorer
        With IE
            SetForegroundWindow .hWnd
            .Visible = True
            If .LocationURL <> URL Then
                .navigate URL
                While .Busy Or .readyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE: DoEvents: Sleep 100: Wend
                While .document.readyState <> "complete": DoEvents: Sleep 100: Wend
            End If
        End With
    End If
    Set HTMLdoc = IE.document
           
    Set exportLink = HTMLdoc.getElementsByClassName("rf_export")(0)
    
    If Not exportLink Is Nothing Then
    
        'Click the Export link, which opens IE's Download Notification Bar
        '
        '   Do you want to open or save INTC Balance Sheet.csv from financials.morningstar.com?
        '       with buttons [Open] [Save][Down Arrow] [Cancel] [X]
        
        exportLink.Click
        
        'Activate the morningstar.com IE tab and download the file using Save As
        
        IE_Click_Tab_Like IE.hWnd, "*morningstar.com*"
        downloadStatus = IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IE.hWnd, saveInFolder, saveAsFileName, replaceExistingFile, downloadResult)
        Debug.Print "Download status = " & downloadStatus
        MsgBox "Download result = " & downloadResult
        
    Else
    
        MsgBox "Export link not found - file not downloaded"
        
    End If
    
End Sub

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Public Function IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IEhwnd As LongPtr, ByVal saveInFolder As String, ByVal saveAsFileName As String, ByVal replaceExistingFile As Boolean, ByRef downloadResult As String) As Boolean
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Public Function IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IEhwnd As Long, ByVal saveInFolder As String, ByVal saveAsFileName As String, ByVal replaceExistingFile As Boolean, ByRef downloadResult As String) As Boolean
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    'Automate IE11's Download Notification Bar in the active tab, by clicking the Save As item, downloading the file and closing the Notification Bar.
    'The IE option 'Notify when downloads complete' must be enabled.
    '
    'Parameters:
    'IEhwnd                 The handle of the IE window. The Download Notification Bar must be displayed in the active tab.
    '                       If necessary, call IE_Click_Tab_Like to activate the required tab before calling this function.
    'saveInFolder           The folder path where the downloaded file will be saved.  Specify "" to save the file in IE's default download folder.
    'saveAsFileName         The file name which the downloaded file will be given.  If file extension is omitted, the file extension provided by
    '                       the web site is used. Specify "" to use the file name provided by the web site.
    'replaceExistingFile    True to replace the file if it already exists; False to overwrite the file
    'downloadResult         Output string returned to the caller showing whether the file was successfully download or not, including the file name of the
    '                       downloaded file (including its path if saveInFolder was specified).
    '
    'Function return value  True: the file was downloaded; False: the file was not downloaded
    
    [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=If]#If[/URL]  VBA7 Then
        Dim hWnd As LongPtr
    [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Else]#Else[/URL] 
        Dim hWnd As Long
    [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=End]#End[/URL]  If
    Dim UIAutomation As IUIAutomation
    Dim DesktopRoot As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim FrameNotificationBarPane As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim Button As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim NotificationBarText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SplitButtons As IUIAutomationElementArray
    Dim DownArrow As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim InvokePattern As IUIAutomationInvokePattern
    Dim ContextMenu As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SaveAsMenuItem As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SaveAsWindow As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim FileNameInput As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim FileNameInputPattern As IUIAutomationValuePattern, FileNameInputPatternLegacy As IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
    Dim ConfirmSaveAsWindow As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim ConfirmSaveAsWindowText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SaveAsWarningWindow As IUIAutomationElement, SaveAsWarningText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim NotificationToolbar As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim ControlName As IUIAutomationCondition, ControlType As IUIAutomationCondition, NameAndType As IUIAutomationCondition
    Dim TreeWalker As IUIAutomationTreeWalker
    Dim defaultFileName As String, fullFileName As String
    Dim ConfirmSaveAsWindowTextString As String
    Dim SaveAsWarningTextString As String
    Dim NotificationBarTextString As String, p1 As Long, p2 As Long
    Dim timeout As Date
    Dim downloaded As Boolean
    Dim destCell As Range, numRows As Long
    
    Const DebugMode As Boolean = True
    
    IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = True
    downloadResult = ""
    
    'If specified, ensure folder ends with \
    
    If saveInFolder <> "" And Right(saveInFolder, 1) <> "" Then saveInFolder = saveInFolder & ""
    
    'Create main UIAutomation object
    
    Set UIAutomation = New CUIAutomation
    
    'Find the IE11 Frame Notification Bar, waiting until it exists
    
    Do
        hWnd = FindWindowEx(IEhwnd, 0, "Frame Notification Bar", vbNullString)
        DoEvents
        Sleep 200
    Loop While hWnd = 0
    If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; "Frame Notification Bar " & hWnd

    'Get the Frame Notification Bar pane from the window frame
    'Class         = Frame Notification Bar
    'Ctrl type     = UIA_PaneControlTypeId

    Set FrameNotificationBarPane = UIAutomation.ElementFromHandle(ByVal hWnd)
    'DumpElement FrameNotificationBarPane
        
    If DebugMode Then
        With Worksheets(1)
            .Cells.Clear
            Set destCell = .Range("A1")
        End With
        destCell.Value = "  FrameNotificationBarPane children"
        numRows = UIElements_To_Cells(UIAutomation, FrameNotificationBarPane, destCell.Offset(1))
        Set destCell = destCell.Offset(numRows + 2)
    End If

    'Find the Notification tool bar, a child of the Frame Notification Bar pane, waiting until it exists
    'Name:          "Notification"
    'ControlType:   UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId

    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Notification")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
    Do
        Set NotificationToolbar = FrameNotificationBarPane.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        Sleep 200
        If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; "Find Notification tool bar"
        DoEvents
    Loop While NotificationToolbar Is Nothing
    If DebugMode Then
        destCell.Value = "  NotificationToolbar children"
        numRows = UIElements_To_Cells(UIAutomation, NotificationToolbar, destCell.Offset(1))
        Set destCell = destCell.Offset(numRows + 2)
    End If
    
    'Find the Notification tool bar text element and extract the default file name from it
    'Name:          "Notification bar Text"
    'ControlType:   UIA_TextControlTypeId
    'Value.Value:   "Do you want to open or save xxxx.csv from yyyy.com?"
        
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Notification bar Text")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
    Set NotificationBarText = FrameNotificationBarPane.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NameAndType)
    NotificationBarTextString = NotificationBarText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_ValueValuePropertyId)
    p1 = InStr(NotificationBarTextString, "Do you want to open or save ")
    If p1 = 1 Then
        p1 = p1 + Len("Do you want to open or save ")
        p2 = InStr(p1, NotificationBarTextString, " from ")
        defaultFileName = Mid(NotificationBarTextString, p1, p2 - p1)
    Else
        defaultFileName = ""
    End If
    
    'Get 2nd split button, which is the Down arrow next to Save in the Notification tool bar
    
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_SplitButtonControlTypeId)
    Set SplitButtons = NotificationToolbar.FindAll(TreeScope_Descendants, ControlType)
    Set DownArrow = SplitButtons.GetElement(1)
        
    'When the Down arrow is clicked, 3 items are displayed: Save; Save as; Save and open.  These 3 items are children of an element
    'with the following properties:
    '
    'Name:          "Context"
    'ControlType:   UIA_MenuControlTypeId
    '
    'IMPORTANT - this Context menu is a child of the Desktop element, NOT the Notification tool bar, nor the Down arrow
    
    'Create criteria to find the Context menu
    
    Set DesktopRoot = UIAutomation.GetRootElement
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Context")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_MenuControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
       
    'Click the Down arrow repeatedly, until the Context menu, containing the 3 items (Save; Save as; Save and open) exists.
    'Note - Because the Context menu is a child of the Desktop element, the FindFirst call specifies TreeScope_Children,
    'not TreeScope_Descendants, to reduce the number of elements searched.
    'See [url]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/UIAutomationClient/nf-uiautomationclient-iuiautomationelement-findfirst[/url]
    
    Set InvokePattern = DownArrow.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
    Do
        DownArrow.SetFocus
        InvokePattern.Invoke
        DoEvents
        Sleep 200
        Set ContextMenu = DesktopRoot.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
    Loop While ContextMenu Is Nothing
    
    If DebugMode Then
        destCell.Value = "  ContextMenu children"
        numRows = UIElements_To_Cells(UIAutomation, ContextMenu, destCell.Offset(1))
        Set destCell = destCell.Offset(numRows + 2)
    End If
        
    'Find the Save as item in the Context menu
    'Name:          "Save as"
    'ControlType:   UIA_MenuItemControlTypeId
    
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Save as")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_MenuItemControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
    Set SaveAsMenuItem = ContextMenu.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        
    'Click the Save as item to display the Save As dialogue window
    
    Set InvokePattern = SaveAsMenuItem.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
    InvokePattern.Invoke
    
    'Find the Save As dialogue window, which is a child of the Desktop, looping until it exists.
    'Again, the FindFirst specifies TreeScope_Children to reduce the number of elements searched.
    'Name:          "Save As"
    'ControlType:   UIA_WindowControlTypeId
    
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Save As")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
    Do
        Set SaveAsWindow = DesktopRoot.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        DoEvents
        Sleep 100
    Loop While SaveAsWindow Is Nothing
            
    If DebugMode Then
        destCell.Value = "  SaveAsWindow children"
        numRows = UIElements_To_Cells(UIAutomation, SaveAsWindow, destCell.Offset(1))
        Set destCell = destCell.Offset(numRows + 2)
    End If
            
    'If the caller has specified either the folder or the file name, then populate the file name input box in the Save As window
    
    If saveInFolder <> "" Or saveAsFileName <> "" Then
    
        If saveAsFileName = "" Then
            'The caller has not specified the file name, so use the default file name from the Notification bar
            saveAsFileName = defaultFileName
        Else
            'If the caller has not specified an extension in the file name, append the extension from the default file name
            p1 = InStrRev(saveAsFileName, ".")
            If p1 = 0 Then
                saveAsFileName = saveAsFileName & Mid(defaultFileName, InStrRev(defaultFileName, "."))
            ElseIf p1 = Len(saveAsFileName) Then
                saveAsFileName = saveAsFileName & Mid(defaultFileName, InStrRev(defaultFileName, ".") + 1)
            End If
        End If
        
        'Construct the full file name
        
        fullFileName = saveInFolder & saveAsFileName
        
        'Create criteria to find the file name input box, which is a child of the Save As window
        'Name:          "File name:"
        'ControlType:   UIA_EditControlTypeId
    
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "File name:")
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_EditControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        
        'Find the file name input box
        
        Set FileNameInput = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NameAndType)
        
        'Put the full file name in the input box, using IUIAutomationValuePattern

        Set FileNameInputPattern = FileNameInput.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_ValuePatternId)
        FileNameInput.SetFocus
        FileNameInputPattern.SetValue fullFileName
        
        'Alternative code to put the full file name in the input box using IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern.
        'Same effect as using UIA_ValuePatternId above.
        '
        'Set FileNameInputPatternLegacy = FileNameInput.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_LegacyIAccessiblePatternId)
        'FileNameInputPatternLegacy.Select 1 '1=SELFLAG_TAKEFOCUS
        'FileNameInputPatternLegacy.SetValue fullFileName
        
        'If the Save button is clicked now, the Save As thinks the default file name is still being used.
        'To overcome this, and use the specified file name, we put a single space at the start of the input box with SendKeys
        
        SendKeys " ", True          'press space key
             
    Else
    
        'The caller has specified neither the folder nor the file name, so use the default file name provided by the remote site.
        'The file, if downloaded, will be saved in IE's default download folder
        
        fullFileName = defaultFileName
    
    End If
    
    'Create criteria to find the Save button
    'Name:          "Save"
    'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
    
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Save")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
    
    'Find the Save button, a child of the Save As window
    
    Set Button = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        
    'Click the Save button
    
    Button.SetFocus
    Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
    InvokePattern.Invoke
    If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; "Save clicked"
        
    'Logical steps after clicking the Save button
    '
    'Find the Confirm Save As window, if it exists
    'If the Confirm Save As window was found Then
    '   If replaceExistingFile Then
    '       Click Yes
    '       downloaded = True
    '   Else
    '       Click No
    '       Click Cancel in Notification Bar
    '       downloaded = False
    '   End If
    'Else
    '   downloaded = True
    'End If
    'If downloaded Then
    '   Wait until Notification Bar contains "download has completed"
    '   Extract downloaded file name from Notification Bar
    'End If
    'Close Notification Bar
        
    
    'Create criteria to find the Confirm Save As dialogue window, if it exists
    'Name:          "Confirm Save As"
    'ControlType:   UIA_WindowControlTypeId
    
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Confirm Save As")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        
    'Find the Confirm Save As window, a child of the Save As window, waiting a maximum of 3 seconds
    
    timeout = DateAdd("s", 3, Now)
    Do
        Set ConfirmSaveAsWindow = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        Sleep 200
        If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; "Find Confirm Save As"
        DoEvents
    Loop While ConfirmSaveAsWindow Is Nothing And Now < timeout
       
    If Not ConfirmSaveAsWindow Is Nothing Then
        
        'The Confirm Save As window exists, so click the Yes or No button depending on the replaceExistingFile flag
    
        If replaceExistingFile Then
        
            'Criteria to find Yes button
            'Name:          "Yes"
            'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
            
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Yes")
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        
            'Find the Yes button
            
            Set Button = ConfirmSaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        
            'Click the Yes button
            
            Button.SetFocus
            Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
            InvokePattern.Invoke
            If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; "Yes clicked"
        
            downloaded = True

        Else 'replaceExistingFile = False
        
            'Extract the text warning from the Confirm Save As window
            
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
            Set ConfirmSaveAsWindowText = ConfirmSaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, ControlType)
            ConfirmSaveAsWindowTextString = ConfirmSaveAsWindowText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_NamePropertyId)
        
            'Criteria to find No button
            'Name:          "No"
            'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
            
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "No")
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        
            'Find the No button, waiting until it exists
            
            Set Button = ConfirmSaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        
            'Click the No button
            
            Button.SetFocus
            Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
            InvokePattern.Invoke
            If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; "No clicked"
                        
            downloadResult = fullFileName & " NOT DOWNLOADED - " & ConfirmSaveAsWindowTextString & " - replaceExistingFile = False"
            IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = False
            
        End If
    
    Else
    
        'The Confirm Save As window doesn't exist.  This means that either the file was downloaded, or a Save As warning is
        'being displayed, giving the reason why it was not downloaded.
        
        'Criteria to find Save As warning window
        'Name:          "Save As"
        'ControlType:   UIA_WindowControlTypeId
        
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Save As")
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)

        'Find the Save As warning window - a child of the main Save As window

        Set SaveAsWarningWindow = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        
        If Not SaveAsWarningWindow Is Nothing Then
        
            'The Save As warning window exists, so extract the text warning from it
            
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
            Set SaveAsWarningText = SaveAsWarningWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, ControlType)
            SaveAsWarningTextString = SaveAsWarningText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_NamePropertyId)
            
            'Create criteria to find the OK button in the Save As warning window
            'Name:          "OK"
            'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
            
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "OK")
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
            
            'Find the OK button - a child of the Save As warning window
            
            Set Button = SaveAsWarningWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
            
            'Click the OK button
            
            Button.SetFocus
            Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
            InvokePattern.Invoke
            If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; "OK clicked"
            
            IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = False
            downloadResult = fullFileName & " - NOT DOWNLOADED - " & SaveAsWarningTextString
            
        Else
        
            'The Save As warning window doesn't exist, so the file was downloaded
            
            IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = True
            
        End If
            
    End If
    
    If IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = True Then
    
        If DebugMode Then
            destCell.Value = "  FrameNotificationBarPane children"
            numRows = UIElements_To_Cells(UIAutomation, FrameNotificationBarPane, destCell.Offset(1))
            Set destCell = destCell.Offset(numRows + 2)
        End If
    
        'Create criteria to find the "Notification bar Text" element
        'Name:          "Notification bar Text"
        'ControlType:   UIA_TextControlTypeId
        'Value.Value:   The xxxx yyyy.zzz download has completed.
        
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Notification bar Text")
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        
        'Find the Notification bar Text element in the Frame Notification Bar pane and wait until it contains "download has completed"
        
        NotificationBarTextString = ""
        Do
            Set NotificationBarText = FrameNotificationBarPane.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NameAndType)
            Sleep 200
            DoEvents
            If Not NotificationBarText Is Nothing Then
                NotificationBarTextString = NotificationBarText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_ValueValuePropertyId)
            End If
            If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; NotificationBarTextString
        Loop Until InStr(NotificationBarTextString, "download has completed")

        'Extract file name from Notification bar text, e.g. "The xxxx yyyy.zzz download has completed."
        
        p1 = InStr(NotificationBarTextString, "The ") + Len("The ")
        p2 = InStr(p1, NotificationBarTextString, " download has completed")
        
        Debug.Print "Notification Bar downloaded = " & Mid(NotificationBarTextString, p1, p2 - p1)
        Debug.Print "Full file name = " & fullFileName
        downloadResult = fullFileName & " - SUCCESSFULLY DOWNLOADED"
        
    Else
    
        'Not downloaded, so click the Cancel button in the Save As window
            
        'Create criteria to find the Cancel button in the Save As window
        'Name:          "Cancel"
        'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
        
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Cancel")
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        
        'Find the Cancel button, waiting until it exists
        
        Set Button = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        
        'Click the Cancel button
        
        Button.SetFocus
        Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
        InvokePattern.Invoke
        If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; "Cancel clicked"

    End If
             
    'Create criteria to find the Close (X) button on the Notification pane
    'Name:          "Close"
    'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
    
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Close")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        
    'Find the Close button in the IE Download Notification Bar
    
    Set Button = FrameNotificationBarPane.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NameAndType)
    
    'Click the Close button
    
    Button.SetFocus
    Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
    InvokePattern.Invoke
    If DebugMode Then Debug.Print Time; "Close clicked"
                 
End Function


'This finds all TabItemControls of the IE element and loops through them looking for the tab item whose CurrentName property matches the specified tab name.
'If found, it activates that tab.  Uses the Like operator, so wildcards can be used (see - [url]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/like-operator[/url])
'to specify the tab name to be found and activated.
'This is useful because sometimes although the visible the tab name - shown when hovering over the tab - may be "xxxxx", the actual tab name
'according to UIAutomation is "xxxxx Tab Group 1".

[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=If]#If[/URL]  VBA7 Then
Public Sub IE_Click_Tab_Like(IEhwnd As LongPtr, findTabName As String)
[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=Else]#Else[/URL] 
Public Sub IE_Click_Tab_Like(IEhwnd As Long, findTabName As String)
[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=End]#End[/URL]  If
   
    Dim UIauto As IUIAutomation
    Dim IEwindow As IUIAutomationElement, IEtab As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEtabs As IUIAutomationElementArray
    Dim tabItemCondition As IUIAutomationCondition
    Dim IEtabPattern As IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
    Dim i As Long
    
    'Create UIAutomation object
    
    Set UIauto = New CUIAutomation
    
    'Get Internet Explorer UIAutomation element
    
    Set IEwindow = UIauto.ElementFromHandle(ByVal IEhwnd)
    
    'Create condition to find a TabItemControl
    
    Set tabItemCondition = UIauto.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TabItemControlTypeId)
 
    'Find all tabs
    
    Set IEtabs = IEwindow.FindAll(TreeScope_Descendants, tabItemCondition)
    
    'Look for the tab which matches the specified tab name
    
    Set IEtab = Nothing
    i = 0
    While i < IEtabs.Length And IEtab Is Nothing
        Debug.Print i; IEtabs.GetElement(i).CurrentName
        If LCase(IEtabs.GetElement(i).CurrentName) Like LCase(findTabName) Then Set IEtab = IEtabs.GetElement(i)
        i = i + 1
    Wend
        
    If Not IEtab Is Nothing Then
    
        'Access the legacy pattern of the IE tab, which has the DoDefaultAction method (Click)
    
        Set IEtabPattern = IEtab.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_LegacyIAccessiblePatternId)
        IEwindow.SetFocus   'optional - brings the IE window to the foreground
        IEtabPattern.DoDefaultAction
    
    Else
    
        MsgBox "IE tab with name '" & findTabName & "' not found"
        
    End If
        
    Set IEtabPattern = Nothing
    Set IEtab = Nothing
    Set IEwindow = Nothing
    Set UIauto = Nothing
    
End Sub


Public Sub DumpElement(UIAutoElem As IUIAutomationElement)
    Dim ct As Long
    ct = Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_ControlTypePropertyId)
    Debug.Print "----------------"
    Debug.Print "Name                 = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_NamePropertyId)
    Debug.Print "Class                = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_ClassNamePropertyId)
    Debug.Print "ControlType          = " & Get_UIA_ControlType(ct) & " (0x" & Hex(ct) & ")"
    Debug.Print "LocalisedControlType = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_LocalizedControlTypePropertyId)
    Debug.Print "Value                = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_ValueValuePropertyId)
    Debug.Print "Handle               = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_NativeWindowHandlePropertyId)
    Debug.Print "AccessKey            = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_AccessKeyPropertyId)
    Debug.Print "DefaultAction        = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_LegacyIAccessibleDefaultActionPropertyId)
    Debug.Print "Description          = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_FullDescriptionPropertyId)
    Debug.Print "NativeWindowHandle   = " & "0x" & Hex(Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem, UIA_NativeWindowHandlePropertyId))
End Sub


'Get property value for a UI element
Private Function Get_UIA_PropertyValue(UIAutoElem As IUIAutomationElement, propertyId As Long)
    
    Dim tVal As Variant
    Dim tStr As String, i As Integer
    
    tVal = UIAutoElem.GetCurrentPropertyValue(propertyId)
    
    If IsArray(tVal) Then
        tStr = tVal(0)
        For i = 1 To UBound(tVal)
            tStr = tStr & "; " & tVal(i)
        Next
        Get_UIA_PropertyValue = tStr
    Else
        Get_UIA_PropertyValue = tVal
    End If
    
End Function


'Convert a UI property id to its constant name
Private Function Get_UIA_ControlType(propertyId As Long) As String

    Dim cn As String
    
    Select Case propertyId
        Case 50040: cn = "UIA_AppBarControlTypeId"
        Case 50000: cn = "UIA_ButtonControlTypeId"
        Case 50001: cn = "UIA_CalendarControlTypeId"
        Case 50002: cn = "UIA_CheckBoxControlTypeId"
        Case 50003: cn = "UIA_ComboBoxControlTypeId"
        Case 50025: cn = "UIA_CustomControlTypeId"
        Case 50028: cn = "UIA_DataGridControlTypeId"
        Case 50029: cn = "UIA_DataItemControlTypeId"
        Case 50030: cn = "UIA_DocumentControlTypeId"
        Case 50004: cn = "UIA_EditControlTypeId"
        Case 50026: cn = "UIA_GroupControlTypeId"
        Case 50034: cn = "UIA_HeaderControlTypeId"
        Case 50035: cn = "UIA_HeaderItemControlTypeId"
        Case 50005: cn = "UIA_HyperlinkControlTypeId"
        Case 50006: cn = "UIA_ImageControlTypeId"
        Case 50008: cn = "UIA_ListControlTypeId"
        Case 50007: cn = "UIA_ListItemControlTypeId"
        Case 50010: cn = "UIA_MenuBarControlTypeId"
        Case 50009: cn = "UIA_MenuControlTypeId"
        Case 50011: cn = "UIA_MenuItemControlTypeId"
        Case 50033: cn = "UIA_PaneControlTypeId"
        Case 50012: cn = "UIA_ProgressBarControlTypeId"
        Case 50013: cn = "UIA_RadioButtonControlTypeId"
        Case 50014: cn = "UIA_ScrollBarControlTypeId"
        Case 50039: cn = "UIA_SemanticZoomControlTypeId"
        Case 50038: cn = "UIA_SeparatorControlTypeId"
        Case 50015: cn = "UIA_SliderControlTypeId"
        Case 50016: cn = "UIA_SpinnerControlTypeId"
        Case 50031: cn = "UIA_SplitButtonControlTypeId"
        Case 50017: cn = "UIA_StatusBarControlTypeId"
        Case 50018: cn = "UIA_TabControlTypeId"
        Case 50019: cn = "UIA_TabItemControlTypeId"
        Case 50036: cn = "UIA_TableControlTypeId"
        Case 50020: cn = "UIA_TextControlTypeId"
        Case 50027: cn = "UIA_ThumbControlTypeId"
        Case 50037: cn = "UIA_TitleBarControlTypeId"
        Case 50021: cn = "UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId"
        Case 50022: cn = "UIA_ToolTipControlTypeId"
        Case 50023: cn = "UIA_TreeControlTypeId"
        Case 50024: cn = "UIA_TreeItemControlTypeId"
        Case 50032: cn = "UIA_WindowControlTypeId"
        Case Else: cn = "UNKNOWN"
    End Select
    
    Get_UIA_ControlType = cn
    
End Function


'Recursively walk the hierarchy of UIAutomationElements starting at the specified parent element and output UI elements to Excel cells.

Public Function UIElements_To_Cells(UIAutomation As IUIAutomation, parentElement As IUIAutomationElement, destCell As Range) As Long

    Dim n As Long
    Dim sibling As Long
    Static TreeWalker As IUIAutomationTreeWalker
    Dim childElement As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim ct As Long
    
    n = 0
    
    If Not parentElement Is Nothing Then
    
        'Any of these tree walkers can be used
        'If TreeWalker Is Nothing Then Set TreeWalker = UIAutomation.RawViewWalker
        If TreeWalker Is Nothing Then Set TreeWalker = UIAutomation.ControlViewWalker
        'If TreeWalker Is Nothing Then Set TreeWalker = UIAutomation.ContentViewWalker
        
        Set childElement = TreeWalker.GetFirstChildElement(parentElement)
        sibling = 0
        While Not childElement Is Nothing
            ct = Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_ControlTypePropertyId)
            sibling = sibling + 1
            Debug.Print "-- Sibling " & sibling
            Debug.Print "Name                 = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_NamePropertyId)
            Debug.Print "Class                = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_ClassNamePropertyId)
            Debug.Print "ControlType          = " & Get_UIA_ControlType(ct) & " (0x" & Hex(ct) & ")"
            Debug.Print "LocalisedControlType = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_LocalizedControlTypePropertyId)
            Debug.Print "Value                = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_ValueValuePropertyId)
            Debug.Print "Handle               = 0x" & Hex(Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_NativeWindowHandlePropertyId))
            Debug.Print "AccessKey            = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_AccessKeyPropertyId)
            Debug.Print "DefaultAction        = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_LegacyIAccessibleDefaultActionPropertyId)
            Debug.Print "Description          = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_FullDescriptionPropertyId)
            destCell.Offset(n + 0).Value = "'-- Sibling " & sibling
            destCell.Offset(n + 1).Value = "Name = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_NamePropertyId)
            destCell.Offset(n + 2).Value = "Class = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_ClassNamePropertyId)
            destCell.Offset(n + 3).Value = "ControlType = " & Get_UIA_ControlType(ct) & " (0x" & Hex(ct) & ")"
            destCell.Offset(n + 4).Value = "LocalisedControlType = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_LocalizedControlTypePropertyId)
            destCell.Offset(n + 5).Value = "Value = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_ValueValuePropertyId)
            destCell.Offset(n + 6).Value = "Handle = 0x" & Hex(Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_NativeWindowHandlePropertyId))
            destCell.Offset(n + 7).Value = "AccessKey = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_AccessKeyPropertyId)
            destCell.Offset(n + 8).Value = "DefaultAction = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_LegacyIAccessibleDefaultActionPropertyId)
            destCell.Offset(n + 9).Value = "Description = " & Get_UIA_PropertyValue(childElement, UIA_FullDescriptionPropertyId)
            
            n = n + 10 + UIElements_To_Cells(UIAutomation, childElement, destCell.Offset(n + 10, 1))
            
            Set childElement = TreeWalker.GetNextSiblingElement(childElement)
        Wend
    
    End If
    
    UIElements_To_Cells = n

End Function


Private Function Get_IE_Window(URL As String) As InternetExplorer

    'Look for an IE browser window or tab already open at the domain of the specified URL (which can start with [url]http://,[/url] https://
    'or nothing) and, if found, return that browser as an InternetExplorer object.  Otherwise return Nothing

    Dim domain As String
    Dim Shell As Object
    Dim IE As InternetExplorer
    Dim i As Variant 'Must be a Variant to index Shell.Windows.Item() array
    Dim p1 As Integer, p2 As Integer
    
    p1 = InStr(URL, "://")
    If p1 = 0 Then
        p1 = 1
    Else
        p1 = p1 + 3
    End If
    p2 = InStr(p1, URL, "/")
    If p2 = 0 Then p2 = Len(URL) + 1
    domain = Mid(URL, p1, p2 - p1)
    
    Set Shell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
    
    i = 0
    Set Get_IE_Window = Nothing
    While i < Shell.Windows.Count And Get_IE_Window Is Nothing
        Set IE = Shell.Windows.Item(i)
        If Not IE Is Nothing Then
            If TypeName(IE.document) = "HTMLDocument" Then
                If InStr(IE.LocationURL, domain) > 0 Then
                    Set Get_IE_Window = IE
                End If
            End If
        End If
        i = i + 1
    Wend
     
End Function
 
I tested the code on two computers and Excel crashes and closes with no error on only computer A (see below), on 2 versions of Excel. Like you, the code attempts to execute the invokePattern.invoke line for a few seconds and then crashes. It also crashes on IEtabPattern.DoDefaultAction in the IE_Click_Tab_Like routine. So the crash seems to be caused by UIAutomation clicking/interacting with Internet Explorer.

Here are details of the 2 computers:

Computer A - Excel crashes on both Excel versions

Windows Version 10.0.19043 Build 19043
About Excel 2019 - Version 2109 (Build 16.0.14430.20154) 32-bit

After installing the latest Office updates:
About Excel 2019 - Version 2110 Build 16.0.14527.20234 32-bit

About Internet Explorer - Version 21H1 (OS Build 19043.1288)

Computer B - Excel OK and code runs correctly on both Excel versions

Windows Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042
About Excel 2019 - Version 2109 Build 16.0.14430.20154 32-bit

After installing the latest Office updates:
About Excel 2019 - Version 2110 Build 16.0.14527.20234 32-bit

About Internet Explorer - Version 20H2 (OS Build 19042.1288)

After installing the latest Office updates on both computers, the Excel versions are the same - Version 2110 Build 16.0.14527.20234 32-bit - yet Excel only crashes on computer A. One difference between them is the different versions of Internet Explorer.

Here is a test routine which opens IE with 2 tabs and attempts to click the Mr Excel tab with IEtabPattern.DoDefaultAction:

VBA Code:
'Required references:
'UIAutomationClient - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UIAutomationCore.dll

Public Sub IE_UIAutomation_Crash_Test()

    Dim IE As Object
    #If VBA7 Then
        Dim hwnd As LongPtr
    #Else
        Dim hwnd As Long
    #End If
    Dim UIauto As IUIAutomation
    Dim IEwindow As IUIAutomationElement, IEtab As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEtabs As IUIAutomationElementArray
    Dim tabItemCondition As IUIAutomationCondition
    Dim IEtabPattern As IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
    Dim i As Long
   
    Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
    With IE
        .Visible = True
        .navigate "www.mrexcel.com"
        .navigate "www.microsoft.com", CLng(2048) 'new tab, becomes active tab
        While .Busy Or .readyState <> 4: DoEvents: Wend
        hwnd = .hwnd
    End With
   
    Set UIauto = New CUIAutomation
    Set IEwindow = UIauto.ElementFromHandle(ByVal hwnd)
    Set tabItemCondition = UIauto.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TabItemControlTypeId)
    Set IEtabs = IEwindow.FindAll(TreeScope_Descendants, tabItemCondition)
    Set IEtab = Nothing
    i = 0
    While i < IEtabs.Length And IEtab Is Nothing
        If InStr(IEtabs.GetElement(i).CurrentName, "Excel") Then Set IEtab = IEtabs.GetElement(i)
        i = i + 1
    Wend
    If Not IEtab Is Nothing Then
        Set IEtabPattern = IEtab.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_LegacyIAccessiblePatternId)
        IEwindow.SetFocus   'optional - brings the IE window to the foreground
        IEtabPattern.DoDefaultAction   '<--- AFTER A FEW SECONDS 'EXECUTING' THIS LINE, EXCEL CRASHES AND CLOSES
        'Another way of clicking the tab - ALSO CRASHES EXCEL
        'IEtabPattern.Select 2
    End If
       
End Sub
Thank you so much for taking the time to look into this !

My computer :

Windows Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042 64-bit
Microsoft® Excel® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2110 Build 16.0.14527.20234) 32-bit
Internet Explorer - Version 20H2 (OS Build 19042.1288)

The code is still crashing even though I have the same IE version as your Computer B

I tried the test code for mrexcel it crashes also with the same fashion !

Thank you again for replying and hoping you might have any other insight I could investigate
 
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Thank you so much for taking the time to look into this !

My computer :

Windows Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042 64-bit
Microsoft® Excel® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2110 Build 16.0.14527.20234) 32-bit
Internet Explorer - Version 20H2 (OS Build 19042.1288)

The code is still crashing even though I have the same IE version as your Computer B

I tried the test code for mrexcel it crashes also with the same fashion !

Thank you again for replying and hoping you might have any other insight I could investigate
Just getting back to this to let people that might encounter the same issue that I solved mine by just installing the 64 bit version !

I still have no idea why the uiAutomation started having issues with the IE notification bar though.
 
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Latest UIAutomation download code and test routine

Here is the latest code, based on my post #11 with the following changes:

1. Close the Notification bar when the download has finished only if the IE setting 'Notify when downloads complete' is ticked, otherwise IE itself closes the bar. This setting is determined by the registry value "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\NotifyDownloadComplete".

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2. The loop which clicks the Down arrow next to the Save button in the Notification bar until the Save As context menu appears was sometimes stuck. The problem seemed to be caused by DoEvents, so this line has been removed.

3. Removed all debugging functions and calls, so the code is shorter.

I have kept the language-dependent string definitions (currently English and Spanish) for IE11 UI control names and text strings.

UIAutomation code with public functions IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation and IE_Click_Tab_Like

VBA Code:
'References required:
'UIAutomationClient

Option Explicit

#If VBA7 Then
    Private Declare PtrSafe Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
#Else
    Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
#End If

'Note - UI Control Names are case-sensitive, hence the 2 'Save As' versions

'------- English string definitions for Internet Explorer 11 -------
Const sControlName_Notification As String = "Notification"
Const sControlName_Notification_bar_Text As String = "Notification bar Text"
Const sControlName_Context As String = "Context"
Const sControlName_Save_as1 As String = "Save as"
Const sControlName_Save_As2 As String = "Save As"
Const sControlName_File_name As String = "File name:"
Const sControlName_Save As String = "Save"
Const sControlName_Confirm_Save_As As String = "Confirm Save As"
Const sControlName_Yes As String = "Yes"
Const sControlName_No As String = "No"
Const sControlName_OK As String = "OK"
Const sControlName_Cancel As String = "Cancel"
Const sControlName_Close As String = "Close"
Const sText_NotificationBarP1 As String = "Do you want to open or save "
Const sText_NotificationBarP2 As String = " from "
Const sText_IEdialogueP1 As String = "What do you want to do with "
Const sText_IEdialogueP2 As String = "?"
Const sText_The As String = "The "
Const sText_Download_has_Completed As String = " download has completed"
'-------------------------------------------------------------------


'------- Spanish string definitions for Internet Explorer 11 -------
'Const sControlName_Notification As String = "Notificación"
'Const sControlName_Notification_bar_Text As String = "Texto de la barra de notificación"
'Const sControlName_Context As String = "Contexto"
'Const sControlName_Save_as1 As String = "Guardar como"
'Const sControlName_Save_As2 As String = "Guardar Como"
'Const sControlName_File_name As String = "Nombre:"
'Const sControlName_Save As String = "Guardar"
'Const sControlName_Confirm_Save_As As String = "Confirmar Guardar Como"
'Const sControlName_Yes As String = "Si"
'Const sControlName_No As String = "No"
'Const sControlName_OK As String = "OK"
'Const sControlName_Cancel As String = "Cancelar"
'Const sControlName_Close As String = "Cerrar"
'Const sText_NotificationBarP1 As String = "¿Quieres abrir o guardar "  '?? check
'Const sText_NotificationBarP2 As String = " desde "
'Const sText_IEdialogueP1 As String = "¿Qué quieres hacer con "
'Const sText_IEdialogueP2 As String = "?"
'Const sText_The As String = "La descarga de "
'Const sText_Download_has_Completed As String = " se completó"
'-------------------------------------------------------------------


#If VBA7 Then
Public Function IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IEhwnd As LongPtr, ByRef saveAsFullName, ByVal replaceExistingFile As Boolean, ByRef downloadResult As String) As Boolean
#Else
Public Function IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IEhwnd As Long, ByRef saveAsFullName As String, ByVal replaceExistingFile As Boolean, ByRef downloadResult As String) As Boolean
#End If

    'Automate IE11's Download Notification Bar (or 'What do you want to do with xxxx.xx?' dialogue window) in the active tab, by clicking the Save As item,
    'downloading the file and closing the Notification Bar only if the IE setting 'Notify when downloads complete' is ticked, (or dialogue window).
    '
    'Parameters:
    'IEhwnd                 The handle of the IE window. The Download Notification Bar must be displayed in the active tab.
    '                       If necessary, call IE_Click_Tab_Like to activate the required tab before calling this function.
    'saveAsFileName         The optional folder path where the downloaded file will be saved and the optional file name which the downloaded file will be given.
    '                       Specify "" to use IE's default download folder and the file name provided by the web site.
    '                       This argument is passed ByRef so that the actual full name of the downloaded file, if successfully downloaded, is returned to the caller.
    'replaceExistingFile    True to replace the file if it already exists; False to overwrite the file.
    'downloadResult         Output string returned to the caller showing whether the file was successfully downloaded or not.
    '
    'Function return value  True: the file was downloaded; False: the file was not downloaded
  
    Dim UIAutomation As IUIAutomation
    Dim IEmain As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEdialogue As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEdialogueText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEdialogueSaveAsButton As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim searchSaveAsWindowFrom As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim DesktopRoot As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim NotificationToolbar As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim Button As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim NotificationBarText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SplitButtons As IUIAutomationElementArray
    Dim DownArrow As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim InvokePattern As IUIAutomationInvokePattern
    Dim ContextMenu As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SaveAsMenuItem As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SaveAsWindow As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim FileNameInput As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim FileNameInputPattern As IUIAutomationValuePattern, FileNameInputPatternLegacy As IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
    Dim ConfirmSaveAsWindow As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim ConfirmSaveAsWindowText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SaveAsWarningWindow As IUIAutomationElement, SaveAsWarningText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim ControlName As IUIAutomationCondition, ControlType As IUIAutomationCondition, NameAndType As IUIAutomationCondition
    Dim IEdialogueCond As IUIAutomationCondition, NotificationToolbarCond As IUIAutomationCondition
    Dim defaultFileName As String, fullFileName As String
    Dim ConfirmSaveAsWindowTextString As String
    Dim SaveAsWarningTextString As String
    Dim NotificationBarTextString As String, IEdialogueTextString As String, p1 As Long, p2 As Long
    Dim timeout As Date
    Dim saveInFolder As String, saveAsFileName As String
    Dim NotifyDownloadComplete As String
  
    IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = True
    downloadResult = ""
  
    'Get folder and file name from full file name
  
    p1 = InStrRev(saveAsFullName, "\")
    If p1 = 0 Then
        saveInFolder = ""
        saveAsFileName = saveAsFullName
    Else
        saveInFolder = Left(saveAsFullName, p1)
        saveAsFileName = Mid(saveAsFullName, p1 + 1)
    End If
  
    'Get IE's 'Notify when downloads complete' setting from the registry.  This setting is either "yes" or "no"
  
    NotifyDownloadComplete = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\NotifyDownloadComplete")
  
    'Create main UIAutomation object
  
    Set UIAutomation = New CUIAutomation
    Set DesktopRoot = UIAutomation.GetRootElement

    'Get the IE automation element from its window handle
  
    Set IEmain = UIAutomation.ElementFromHandle(ByVal IEhwnd)
  
    'Conditions to find the IE Notification tool bar, a child of the main IE window
    'Name:                  "Notification"
    'ControlType:           UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId
    'LocalizedControlType:  "tool bar"

    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Notification)
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId)
    Set NotificationToolbarCond = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
      
    'If the server sends an incorrect response header, for example the misspelling of 'attachment' in:
    '
    '   Content-Disposition: attachement; filename="8d72ee3290adc3d.zip"
    '
    'then IE displays a modal dialogue box instead of the normal Download Notification Bar at the bottom of the IE window:
    '
    '   -------------------------------------------------
    '   Internet Explorer                             [X]
    '
    '   What do you want to do with xxxxx.xxx?
    '
    '   Size: 54.2 MB
    '   From: hostname.com
    '
    '   --> Open
    '       The file won't be saved automatically
    '
    '   --> Save
    '
    '   --> Save as
    '
    '                                            [Cancel]
    '   -------------------------------------------------
  
    'Conditions to find this dialogue, which is a child of the main IE window.
    'Note - the dialogue isn't a true window, so FindWindowEx(IEhwnd, 0, "Internet Explorer", vbNullString) doesn't find the dialogue.
  
    'Name:                  "Internet Explorer"
    'ControlType:           UIA_WindowControlTypeId (0xC370)
    'LocalizedControlType:  "dialogue"
  
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Internet Explorer")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
    Set IEdialogueCond = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
  
    'Wait until either the IE11 Notification tool bar exists or the "What do you want to do with xxxx.xxx?" dialogue exists
  
    Set IEdialogue = Nothing
    Set NotificationToolbar = Nothing
    Do
        'New method of finding notification bar, instead of FindWindowEx
        Set NotificationToolbar = IEmain.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NotificationToolbarCond)
        If NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then Set IEdialogue = IEmain.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, IEdialogueCond)
        DoEvents
        Sleep 200
    Loop While NotificationToolbar Is Nothing And IEdialogue Is Nothing
  
    If Not NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then
  
        'The Notification tool bar exists.  Find its child text element and extract the default file name from it
        'Name:          "Notification bar Text"
        'ControlType:   UIA_TextControlTypeId
        'Value.Value:   "Do you want to open or save xxxx.csv from yyyy.com?"
          
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Notification_bar_Text)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        Set NotificationBarText = NotificationToolbar.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        NotificationBarTextString = NotificationBarText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_ValueValuePropertyId)

        p1 = InStr(NotificationBarTextString, sText_NotificationBarP1)
        If p1 = 1 Then
            p1 = p1 + Len(sText_NotificationBarP1)
            p2 = InStr(p1, NotificationBarTextString, " (")
            If p2 = 0 Then p2 = InStr(p1, NotificationBarTextString, sText_NotificationBarP2)
            defaultFileName = Mid(NotificationBarTextString, p1, p2 - p1)
        Else
            defaultFileName = ""
        End If
      
        'Get 2nd split button, which is the Down arrow next to Save in the Notification tool bar
      
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_SplitButtonControlTypeId)
        Set SplitButtons = NotificationToolbar.FindAll(TreeScope_Descendants, ControlType) 'TreeScope_Descendants necessary
        Set DownArrow = SplitButtons.GetElement(1)
        Set InvokePattern = DownArrow.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
          
        'When the Down arrow is clicked, 3 items are displayed: Save; Save as; Save and open.  These 3 items are children of an element
        'with the following properties:
        '
        'Name:          "Context"
        'ControlType:   UIA_MenuControlTypeId
        '
        'IMPORTANT - this Context menu is a child of the Desktop element, NOT the Notification tool bar, nor the Down arrow
      
        'Create criteria to find the Context menu
      
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Context)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_MenuControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
         
        'Click the Down arrow repeatedly, until the Context menu, containing the 3 items (Save; Save as; Save and open) exists.
        'Note - Because the Context menu is a child of the Desktop element, the FindFirst call specifies TreeScope_Children,
        'not TreeScope_Descendants, to reduce the number of elements searched.
        'See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/UIAutomationClient/nf-uiautomationclient-iuiautomationelement-findfirst
      
        Do
            DownArrow.SetFocus
            InvokePattern.Invoke
            Set ContextMenu = DesktopRoot.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
            If ContextMenu Is Nothing Then Sleep 500
        Loop While ContextMenu Is Nothing
          
        'Find the Save as item in the Context menu
        'Name:          "Save as"
        'ControlType:   UIA_MenuItemControlTypeId
      
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save_as1)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_MenuItemControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        Set SaveAsMenuItem = ContextMenu.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
          
        'Click the Save as item to display the Save As dialogue window
      
        Set InvokePattern = SaveAsMenuItem.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
        InvokePattern.Invoke
      
        'Search for the Save as window, when it appears, from the Desktop root element
      
        Set searchSaveAsWindowFrom = DesktopRoot
      
    ElseIf Not IEdialogue Is Nothing Then
  
        'The IE dialogue window exists.  See if the first child of the dialogue window contains the text "What do you want to do with "
      
        'Name:   "What do you want to do with 8d731f569075f6d.zip?"
        'ControlType:    UIA_TextControlTypeId (0xC364)
        'LocalizedControlType:   "text"

        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
        Set IEdialogueText = IEdialogue.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, ControlType)
      
        If Not IEdialogueText Is Nothing Then
      
            IEdialogueTextString = IEdialogueText.CurrentName
            p1 = InStr(IEdialogueTextString, sText_IEdialogueP1)
            If p1 = 1 Then
                p1 = p1 + Len(sText_IEdialogueP1)
                p2 = InStr(p1, IEdialogueTextString, sText_IEdialogueP2)
                defaultFileName = Mid(IEdialogueTextString, p1, p2 - p1)
                p1 = 1
            Else
                defaultFileName = ""
            End If
      
            'Get the 'Save as' button in the dialogue
            'Name:   "Save as"
            'ControlType:    UIA_ButtonControlTypeId (0xC350)
            'LocalizedControlType:   "button"

            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save_as1)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
            Set IEdialogueSaveAsButton = IEdialogue.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)

            If Not IEdialogueSaveAsButton Is Nothing Then
          
                'Click the Save as button to display the Save As dialogue window
  
                Set InvokePattern = IEdialogueSaveAsButton.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
                InvokePattern.Invoke
              
                'Search for the Save as window, when it appears, from the main IE window element
              
                Set searchSaveAsWindowFrom = IEmain
              
            End If
          
        End If

    End If
      
    'Find the Save As dialogue window, which is either a child of the Desktop if the Notification Bar was displayed, or a child
    'of the main IE window if the IE dialogue window was displayed, looping until it exists.
    'Again, the FindFirst specifies TreeScope_Children to reduce the number of elements searched.
    'Name:          "Save As"
    'ControlType:   UIA_WindowControlTypeId
  
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save_As2)
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
    Do
        Set SaveAsWindow = searchSaveAsWindowFrom.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        DoEvents
        If SaveAsWindow Is Nothing Then Sleep 200
    Loop While SaveAsWindow Is Nothing
          
    'If the caller has specified either the folder or the file name, populate the file name input box in the Save As window
  
    If saveInFolder <> "" Or saveAsFileName <> "" Then
  
        If saveAsFileName = "" Then
            'The caller has not specified the file name, so use the default file name from the Notification bar
            saveAsFileName = defaultFileName
        Else
            'If the caller has not specified an extension in the file name, append the extension from the default file name
            p1 = InStrRev(saveAsFileName, ".")
            If p1 = 0 Then
                saveAsFileName = saveAsFileName & Mid(defaultFileName, InStrRev(defaultFileName, "."))
            ElseIf p1 = Len(saveAsFileName) Then
                saveAsFileName = saveAsFileName & Mid(defaultFileName, InStrRev(defaultFileName, ".") + 1)
            End If
        End If
      
        'Construct the full file name
      
        fullFileName = saveInFolder & saveAsFileName
      
        'Create criteria to find the file name input box, which is a child of the Save As window
        'Name:          "File name:"
        'ControlType:   UIA_EditControlTypeId
  
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_File_name)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_EditControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
      
        'Find the file name input box
      
        Set FileNameInput = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NameAndType)
      
        'Put the full file name in the input box, using IUIAutomationValuePattern

        Set FileNameInputPattern = FileNameInput.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_ValuePatternId)
        FileNameInput.SetFocus
        FileNameInputPattern.SetValue fullFileName
      
        'Alternative code to put the full file name in the input box using IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
        'Same effect as using UIA_ValuePatternId above.
        '
        'Set FileNameInputPatternLegacy = FileNameInput.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_LegacyIAccessiblePatternId)
        'FileNameInputPatternLegacy.Select 1 '1=SELFLAG_TAKEFOCUS
        'FileNameInputPatternLegacy.SetValue fullFileName
      
        'If the Save button is clicked now, the Save As thinks the default file name is still being used.
        'To overcome this, and use the specified file name, we put a single space at the start of the input box with SendKeys
      
        SendKeys " ", True          'press space key
           
    Else
  
        'The caller has specified neither the folder nor the file name, so use the default file name provided by the remote site.
        'The file, if downloaded, will be saved in IE's default download folder
      
        fullFileName = defaultFileName
  
    End If
  
    'Create criteria to find the Save button
    'Name:          "Save"
    'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
  
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save)
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
  
    'Find the Save button, a child of the Save As window
  
    Set Button = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
      
    'Click the Save button
  
    Button.SetFocus
    Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
    InvokePattern.Invoke
      
    'Logical steps after clicking the Save button
    '
    'Find the Confirm Save As window, if it exists
    'If the Confirm Save As window was found Then
    '   If replaceExistingFile Then
    '       Click Yes
    '       downloaded = True
    '   Else
    '       Click No
    '       Click Cancel in Notification Bar
    '       downloaded = False
    '   End If
    'Else
    '   downloaded = True
    'End If
    'If downloaded Then
    '   Wait until Notification Bar contains "download has completed"
    '   Extract downloaded file name from Notification Bar
    'End If
    'Close Notification Bar
  
    'Create criteria to find the Confirm Save As dialogue window, if it exists
    'Name:          "Confirm Save As"
    'ControlType:   UIA_WindowControlTypeId
  
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Confirm_Save_As)
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
      
    'Find the Confirm Save As window, a child of the Save As window, waiting a maximum of 3 seconds
  
    timeout = DateAdd("s", 3, Now)
    Do
        Set ConfirmSaveAsWindow = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        DoEvents
        If ConfirmSaveAsWindow Is Nothing Then Sleep 200
    Loop While ConfirmSaveAsWindow Is Nothing And Now < timeout
     
    If Not ConfirmSaveAsWindow Is Nothing Then
      
        'The Confirm Save As window exists, so click the Yes or No button depending on the replaceExistingFile flag
  
        If replaceExistingFile Then
      
            'Criteria to find Yes button
            'Name:          "Yes"
            'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
          
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Yes)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
      
            'Find the Yes button
          
            Set Button = ConfirmSaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
      
            'Click the Yes button
          
            Button.SetFocus
            Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
            InvokePattern.Invoke

        Else 'replaceExistingFile = False
      
            'Extract the text warning from the Confirm Save As window
          
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
            Set ConfirmSaveAsWindowText = ConfirmSaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, ControlType)
            ConfirmSaveAsWindowTextString = ConfirmSaveAsWindowText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_NamePropertyId)
      
            'Criteria to find No button
            'Name:          "No"
            'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
          
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_No)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
      
            'Find the No button, waiting until it exists
          
            Set Button = ConfirmSaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
      
            'Click the No button
          
            Button.SetFocus
            Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
            InvokePattern.Invoke
                      
            downloadResult = fullFileName & " NOT DOWNLOADED - " & ConfirmSaveAsWindowTextString & " - replaceExistingFile = False"
            IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = False
          
        End If
  
    Else
  
        'The Confirm Save As window doesn't exist.  This means that either the file was downloaded, or a Save As warning is
        'being displayed, giving the reason why it was not downloaded.
      
        'Criteria to find Save As warning window
        'Name:          "Save As"
        'ControlType:   UIA_WindowControlTypeId
      
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save_As2)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)

        'Find the Save As warning window - a child of the main Save As window

        Set SaveAsWarningWindow = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
      
        If Not SaveAsWarningWindow Is Nothing Then
      
            'The Save As warning window exists, so extract the text warning from it
          
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
            Set SaveAsWarningText = SaveAsWarningWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, ControlType)
            SaveAsWarningTextString = SaveAsWarningText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_NamePropertyId)
          
            'Create criteria to find the OK button in the Save As warning window
            'Name:          "OK"
            'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
          
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_OK)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
          
            'Find the OK button - a child of the Save As warning window
          
            Set Button = SaveAsWarningWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
          
            'Click the OK button
          
            Button.SetFocus
            Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
            InvokePattern.Invoke
          
            IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = False
            downloadResult = fullFileName & " - NOT DOWNLOADED - " & SaveAsWarningTextString
          
        Else
      
            'The Save As warning window doesn't exist, so the file was downloaded
          
            saveAsFullName = fullFileName
            IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = True
          
        End If
          
    End If
  
    If IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = True Then
  
        'If the file download was offered via the IE dialogue pane, rather than the normal Frame Notification Bar, then the Notification toolbar
        'is displayed as the download progresses.   Therefore get the Notification toolbar at this point
      
        If NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then
      
            'Conditions to find the Notification tool bar, a child of the main IE window
            'Name:                  "Notification"
            'ControlType:           UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId
            'LocalizedControlType:  "tool bar"
      
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Notification)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId)
            Set NotificationToolbarCond = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
      
            Do
                Set NotificationToolbar = IEmain.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NotificationToolbarCond)
                DoEvents
                Sleep 200
            Loop While NotificationToolbar Is Nothing
      
        End If
      
        If LCase(NotifyDownloadComplete) = "yes" Then
      
            'IE setting 'Notify when downloads complete' is ticked, which means that the Notification bar will contain "download has completed" when the
            'download has finished
          
            'Create criteria to find the "Notification bar Text" element within the Notifcation bar
            'Name:          "Notification bar Text"
            'ControlType:   UIA_TextControlTypeId
            'Value.Value:   The xxxx yyyy.zzz download has completed.
          
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Notification bar Text")
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
          
            'Find the Notification bar Text element in the Frame Notification Bar pane and wait until it contains "download has completed"
          
            NotificationBarTextString = ""
            Do
                Set NotificationBarText = NotificationToolbar.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
                DoEvents
                Sleep 200
                If Not NotificationBarText Is Nothing Then
                    NotificationBarTextString = NotificationBarText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_ValueValuePropertyId)
                End If
            Loop Until InStr(NotificationBarTextString, sText_Download_has_Completed)
          
        Else
      
            'IE setting 'Notify when downloads complete' is not ticked
            'Wait until the Notification bar doesn't exist
      
            'Conditions to find the Notification tool bar, a child of the main IE window
            'Name:                  "Notification"
            'ControlType:           UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId
            'LocalizedControlType:  "tool bar"
      
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Notification")
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId)
            Set NotificationToolbarCond = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
      
            Do
                Set NotificationToolbar = IEmain.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NotificationToolbarCond)
                DoEvents
                If Not NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then Sleep 200
            Loop Until NotificationToolbar Is Nothing

        End If
      
        downloadResult = "SUCCESSFULLY DOWNLOADED"
        saveAsFullName = fullFileName
      
    Else
  
        'Not downloaded, so click the Cancel button in the Save As window
          
        'Create criteria to find the Cancel button in the Save As window
        'Name:          "Cancel"
        'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
      
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Cancel)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
      
        'Find the Cancel button, waiting until it exists
      
        Set Button = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
      
        'Click the Cancel button
      
        Button.SetFocus
        Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
        InvokePattern.Invoke
      
        'In this case, does the Notification tool bar pane exist?

    End If
           
    If Not NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then
  
        'Create criteria to find the Close (X) button on the Notification pane
        'Name:          "Close"
        'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
      
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Close)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
          
        'Find the Close button in the IE Download Notification Bar
      
        Set Button = NotificationToolbar.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
      
        'Click the Close button
      
        Button.SetFocus
        Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
        InvokePattern.Invoke
  
    End If
               
End Function


#If VBA7 Then
Public Sub IE_Click_Tab_Like(IEhwnd As LongPtr, findTabName As String)
#Else
Public Sub IE_Click_Tab_Like(IEhwnd As Long, findTabName As String)
#End If
 
    'This finds all TabItemControls of the IE window and loops through them looking for the tab item whose CurrentName property matches the specified tab name.
    'If found, it activates that tab.  Uses the Like operator, so wildcards can be used (see - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/like-operator)
    'to specify the tab name to be found and activated.
    'This is useful because sometimes the visible tab name - shown when hovering over the tab - may be "xxxxx", the actual tab name
    'according to UIAutomation is "xxxxx Tab Group 1".
 
    Dim UIauto As IUIAutomation
    Dim IEwindow As IUIAutomationElement, IEtab As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEtabs As IUIAutomationElementArray
    Dim tabItemCondition As IUIAutomationCondition
    Dim IEtabPattern As IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
    Dim i As Long
  
    'Create UIAutomation object
  
    Set UIauto = New CUIAutomation
  
    'Get Internet Explorer UIAutomation element
  
    Set IEwindow = UIauto.ElementFromHandle(ByVal IEhwnd)
  
    'Create condition to find a TabItemControl
  
    Set tabItemCondition = UIauto.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TabItemControlTypeId)
  
    'Find all tabs
  
    Set IEtabs = IEwindow.FindAll(TreeScope_Descendants, tabItemCondition)
  
    'Look for the tab which matches the specified tab name
  
    Set IEtab = Nothing
    i = 0
    While i < IEtabs.Length And IEtab Is Nothing
        'Debug.Print i; IEtabs.GetElement(i).CurrentName
        If LCase(IEtabs.GetElement(i).CurrentName) Like LCase(findTabName) Then Set IEtab = IEtabs.GetElement(i)
        i = i + 1
    Wend
      
    '==== OR look for the tab which matches the specified tab name and its URL.  The tab name AND URL is shown when you hover the mouse on the IE tab
  
    'LegacyIAccessible.Description:  "Balance Sheet for Intel Corp (INTC) from Morningstar.com
    '                                http://financials.morningstar.com/balance-sheet/bs.html?t=INTC&region=usa&culture=en-US"
  
'    Set IEtab = Nothing
'    i = 0
'    While i < IEtabs.Length And IEtab Is Nothing
'        Debug.Print i; IEtabs.GetElement(i).GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_LegacyIAccessibleDescriptionPropertyId)
'        If LCase(IEtabs.GetElement(i).GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_LegacyIAccessibleDescriptionPropertyId)) Like LCase(findTabName) Then Set IEtab = IEtabs.GetElement(i)
'        i = i + 1
'    Wend
  
    If Not IEtab Is Nothing Then
  
        'Access the legacy pattern of the IE tab, which has the DoDefaultAction method (Click)  (Press, 27-Oct-2021)
      
        Set IEtabPattern = IEtab.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_LegacyIAccessiblePatternId)
        IEwindow.SetFocus   'optional - brings the IE window to the foreground
        IEtabPattern.DoDefaultAction
        'Another way of clicking the tab
        'IEtabPattern.Select 2
      
    Else
  
        MsgBox "IE tab with name '" & findTabName & "' not found"
      
    End If
      
    Set IEtabPattern = Nothing
    Set IEtab = Nothing
    Set IEwindow = Nothing
    Set UIauto = Nothing
  
End Sub

Test routine which downloads a .csv file from financials.morningstar.com using the two public functions in the above code.

VBA Code:
'References required:
'Microsoft Internet Controls
'Microsoft HTML Object Library

Option Explicit

#If VBA7 Then
    Private Declare PtrSafe Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
    Private Declare PtrSafe Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As LongPtr) As Long
#Else
    Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
    Private Declare Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
#End If


Public Sub Test_IE_Download()

    Dim URL As String
    Dim IE As InternetExplorer
    Dim HTMLdoc As HTMLDocument
    Dim saveAsFullName As String
    Dim replaceExistingFile As Boolean
    Dim downloadResult As String, downloadStatus As Boolean
  
    saveAsFullName = "C:\Temp\"          'Save in this folder with the file name provided by web site.  Folder must end with "\"
    replaceExistingFile = True
  
    'List of URLs - Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
  
    URL = "http://financials.morningstar.com/balance-sheet/bs.html?t=INTC&region=usa&culture=en-US"
  
    'See if an IE window is already open at the site
  
    Set IE = Get_IE_Window2(URL)
    If IE Is Nothing Then
        Set IE = New InternetExplorer
        With IE
            .Visible = True
            SetForegroundWindow .hwnd
            If .LocationURL <> URL Then
                .navigate URL
                While .Busy Or .readyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE: DoEvents: Sleep 100: Wend
                While .document.readyState <> "complete": DoEvents: Sleep 100: Wend
            End If
        End With
    End If
    Set HTMLdoc = IE.document
     
    'Click Export link and display the IE file download dialogue
  
    IE.document.parentWindow.execScript "SRT_stocFund.Export()"
  
    'Activate the morningstar.com IE tab and download the file using Save As
  
    IE_Click_Tab_Like IE.hwnd, "*morningstar.com*"
    downloadStatus = IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IE.hwnd, saveAsFullName, replaceExistingFile, downloadResult)
    Debug.Print "Download result = " & downloadResult
    Debug.Print "Download saveAsFullName = " & saveAsFullName
    Debug.Print "Download status = " & downloadStatus
  
End Sub


Private Function Get_IE_Window2(URL As String) As InternetExplorer

    'Look for an IE browser window or tab already open at the domain of the specified URL (which can start with http://, https://
    'or nothing) and, if found, return that browser as an InternetExplorer object.  Otherwise return Nothing

    Dim Shell As Object
    Dim IE As InternetExplorer
    Dim i As Variant 'Must be a Variant to index Shell.Windows.Item() array
  
    Set Shell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
  
    i = 0
    Set Get_IE_Window2 = Nothing
    While i < Shell.Windows.count And Get_IE_Window2 Is Nothing
        Set IE = Shell.Windows.Item(i)
        If Not IE Is Nothing Then
            If TypeOf IE Is InternetExplorer Then
                If InStr(IE.LocationURL, URL) = 1 Then Set Get_IE_Window2 = IE
            End If
        End If
        i = i + 1
    Wend
  
End Function
 
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Latest UIAutomation download code and test routine

Changes:

1. The IE setting 'Notify when downloads complete' is in different registry branches for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The UIAutomation code reads the setting from either branch:

Windows 10 - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\NotifyDownloadComplete
Windows 11 - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\BROWSE\NOTIFYDOWNLOADCOMPLETE

2. In the IE11 test routine, the URL http://financials.morningstar.com/balance-sheet/bs.html?t=INTC&region=usa&culture=en-US no longer works and has been changed to https://tools.morningstar.co.uk/uk/stockreport/default.aspx?tab=10&vw=bs&SecurityToken=0P0000APA1%5D3%5D0%5DE0WWE%24%24ALL&Id=0P0000APA1&ClientFund=0&CurrencyId=BAS

UIAutomation code with public functions IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation and IE_Click_Tab_Like

VBA Code:
'References required:
'UIAutomationClient

Option Explicit

#If VBA7 Then
    Private Declare PtrSafe Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
#Else
    Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
#End If

'Note - UI Control Names are case-sensitive, hence the 2 'Save As' versions

'------- English string definitions for Internet Explorer 11 -------
Const sControlName_Notification As String = "Notification"
Const sControlName_Notification_bar_Text As String = "Notification bar Text"
Const sControlName_Context As String = "Context"
Const sControlName_Save_as1 As String = "Save as"
Const sControlName_Save_As2 As String = "Save As"
Const sControlName_File_name As String = "File name:"
Const sControlName_Save As String = "Save"
Const sControlName_Confirm_Save_As As String = "Confirm Save As"
Const sControlName_Yes As String = "Yes"
Const sControlName_No As String = "No"
Const sControlName_OK As String = "OK"
Const sControlName_Cancel As String = "Cancel"
Const sControlName_Close As String = "Close"
Const sText_NotificationBarP1 As String = "Do you want to open or save "
Const sText_NotificationBarP2 As String = " from "
Const sText_IEdialogueP1 As String = "What do you want to do with "
Const sText_IEdialogueP2 As String = "?"
Const sText_The As String = "The "
Const sText_Download_has_Completed As String = " download has completed"
'-------------------------------------------------------------------


'------- Spanish string definitions for Internet Explorer 11 -------
'Const sControlName_Notification As String = "Notificación"
'Const sControlName_Notification_bar_Text As String = "Texto de la barra de notificación"
'Const sControlName_Context As String = "Contexto"
'Const sControlName_Save_as1 As String = "Guardar como"
'Const sControlName_Save_As2 As String = "Guardar Como"
'Const sControlName_File_name As String = "Nombre:"
'Const sControlName_Save As String = "Guardar"
'Const sControlName_Confirm_Save_As As String = "Confirmar Guardar Como"
'Const sControlName_Yes As String = "Si"
'Const sControlName_No As String = "No"
'Const sControlName_OK As String = "OK"
'Const sControlName_Cancel As String = "Cancelar"
'Const sControlName_Close As String = "Cerrar"
'Const sText_NotificationBarP1 As String = "¿Quieres abrir o guardar "  '?? check
'Const sText_NotificationBarP2 As String = " desde "
'Const sText_IEdialogueP1 As String = "¿Qué quieres hacer con "
'Const sText_IEdialogueP2 As String = "?"
'Const sText_The As String = "La descarga de "
'Const sText_Download_has_Completed As String = " se completó"
'-------------------------------------------------------------------


#If VBA7 Then
Public Function IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IEhwnd As LongPtr, ByRef saveAsFullName, ByVal replaceExistingFile As Boolean, ByRef downloadResult As String) As Boolean
#Else
Public Function IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IEhwnd As Long, ByRef saveAsFullName As String, ByVal replaceExistingFile As Boolean, ByRef downloadResult As String) As Boolean
#End If

    'Automate IE11's Download Notification Bar (or 'What do you want to do with xxxx.xx?' dialogue window) in the active tab, by clicking the Save As item,
    'downloading the file and closing the Notification Bar only if the IE setting 'Notify when downloads complete' is ticked, (or dialogue window).
    '
    'Parameters:
    'IEhwnd                 The handle of the IE window. The Download Notification Bar must be displayed in the active tab.
    '                       If necessary, call IE_Click_Tab_Like to activate the required tab before calling this function.
    'saveAsFileName         The optional folder path where the downloaded file will be saved and the optional file name which the downloaded file will be given.
    '                       Specify "" to use IE's default download folder and the file name provided by the web site.
    '                       This argument is passed ByRef so that the actual full name of the downloaded file, if successfully downloaded, is returned to the caller.
    'replaceExistingFile    True to replace the file if it already exists; False to overwrite the file.
    'downloadResult         Output string returned to the caller showing whether the file was successfully downloaded or not.
    '
    'Function return value  True: the file was downloaded; False: the file was not downloaded
   
    Dim UIAutomation As IUIAutomation
    Dim IEmain As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEdialogue As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEdialogueText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEdialogueSaveAsButton As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim searchSaveAsWindowFrom As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim DesktopRoot As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim NotificationToolbar As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim Button As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim NotificationBarText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SplitButtons As IUIAutomationElementArray
    Dim DownArrow As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim InvokePattern As IUIAutomationInvokePattern
    Dim ContextMenu As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SaveAsMenuItem As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SaveAsWindow As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim FileNameInput As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim FileNameInputPattern As IUIAutomationValuePattern, FileNameInputPatternLegacy As IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
    Dim ConfirmSaveAsWindow As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim ConfirmSaveAsWindowText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim SaveAsWarningWindow As IUIAutomationElement, SaveAsWarningText As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim ControlName As IUIAutomationCondition, ControlType As IUIAutomationCondition, NameAndType As IUIAutomationCondition
    Dim IEdialogueCond As IUIAutomationCondition, NotificationToolbarCond As IUIAutomationCondition
    Dim defaultFileName As String, fullFileName As String
    Dim ConfirmSaveAsWindowTextString As String
    Dim SaveAsWarningTextString As String
    Dim NotificationBarTextString As String, IEdialogueTextString As String, p1 As Long, p2 As Long
    Dim timeout As Date
    Dim saveInFolder As String, saveAsFileName As String
    Dim NotifyDownloadComplete As String
   
    IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = True
    downloadResult = ""
   
    'Get folder and file name from full file name
   
    p1 = InStrRev(saveAsFullName, "\")
    If p1 = 0 Then
        saveInFolder = ""
        saveAsFileName = saveAsFullName
    Else
        saveInFolder = Left(saveAsFullName, p1)
        saveAsFileName = Mid(saveAsFullName, p1 + 1)
    End If
   
    'Get IE's 'Notify when downloads complete' setting from the registry.  This setting is either "yes" or "no"
    'The setting in the IE UI is Internet Options -> Advanced tab -> Browsing section -> Notify when downloads complete
   
    NotifyDownloadComplete = ""
    On Error Resume Next
    'IE on Windows 10
    NotifyDownloadComplete = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\NotifyDownloadComplete")
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        'IE on Windows 11
        NotifyDownloadComplete = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\BROWSE\NOTIFYDOWNLOADCOMPLETE")
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0
    If NotifyDownloadComplete = "" Then NotifyDownloadComplete = "yes"
   
    'Create main UIAutomation object
   
    Set UIAutomation = New CUIAutomation
    Set DesktopRoot = UIAutomation.GetRootElement

    'Get the IE automation element from its window handle
   
    Set IEmain = UIAutomation.ElementFromHandle(ByVal IEhwnd)
   
    'Conditions to find the IE Notification tool bar, a child of the main IE window
    'Name:                  "Notification"
    'ControlType:           UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId
    'LocalizedControlType:  "tool bar"

    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Notification)
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId)
    Set NotificationToolbarCond = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
       
    'If the server sends an incorrect response header, for example the misspelling of 'attachment' in:
    '
    '   Content-Disposition: attachement; filename="8d72ee3290adc3d.zip"
    '
    'then IE displays a modal dialogue box instead of the normal Download Notification Bar at the bottom of the IE window:
    '
    '   -------------------------------------------------
    '   Internet Explorer                             [X]
    '
    '   What do you want to do with xxxxx.xxx?
    '
    '   Size: 54.2 MB
    '   From: hostname.com
    '
    '   --> Open
    '       The file won't be saved automatically
    '
    '   --> Save
    '
    '   --> Save as
    '
    '                                            [Cancel]
    '   -------------------------------------------------
   
    'Conditions to find this dialogue, which is a child of the main IE window.
    'Note - the dialogue isn't a true window, so FindWindowEx(IEhwnd, 0, "Internet Explorer", vbNullString) doesn't find the dialogue.
   
    'Name:                  "Internet Explorer"
    'ControlType:           UIA_WindowControlTypeId (0xC370)
    'LocalizedControlType:  "dialogue"
   
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Internet Explorer")
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
    Set IEdialogueCond = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
   
    'Wait until either the IE11 Notification tool bar exists or the "What do you want to do with xxxx.xxx?" dialogue exists
   
    Set IEdialogue = Nothing
    Set NotificationToolbar = Nothing
    Do
        'New method of finding notification bar, instead of FindWindowEx
        Set NotificationToolbar = IEmain.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NotificationToolbarCond)
        If NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then Set IEdialogue = IEmain.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, IEdialogueCond)
        DoEvents
        Sleep 200
    Loop While NotificationToolbar Is Nothing And IEdialogue Is Nothing
   
    If Not NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then
   
        'The Notification tool bar exists.  Find its child text element and extract the default file name from it
        'Name:          "Notification bar Text"
        'ControlType:   UIA_TextControlTypeId
        'Value.Value:   "Do you want to open or save xxxx.csv from yyyy.com?"
           
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Notification_bar_Text)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        Set NotificationBarText = NotificationToolbar.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        NotificationBarTextString = NotificationBarText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_ValueValuePropertyId)

        p1 = InStr(NotificationBarTextString, sText_NotificationBarP1)
        If p1 = 1 Then
            p1 = p1 + Len(sText_NotificationBarP1)
            p2 = InStr(p1, NotificationBarTextString, " (")
            If p2 = 0 Then p2 = InStr(p1, NotificationBarTextString, sText_NotificationBarP2)
            defaultFileName = Mid(NotificationBarTextString, p1, p2 - p1)
        Else
            defaultFileName = ""
        End If
       
        'Get 2nd split button, which is the Down arrow next to Save in the Notification tool bar
       
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_SplitButtonControlTypeId)
        Set SplitButtons = NotificationToolbar.FindAll(TreeScope_Descendants, ControlType) 'TreeScope_Descendants necessary
        Set DownArrow = SplitButtons.GetElement(1)
        Set InvokePattern = DownArrow.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
           
        'When the Down arrow is clicked, 3 items are displayed: Save; Save as; Save and open.  These 3 items are children of an element
        'with the following properties:
        '
        'Name:          "Context"
        'ControlType:   UIA_MenuControlTypeId
        '
        'IMPORTANT - this Context menu is a child of the Desktop element, NOT the Notification tool bar, nor the Down arrow
       
        'Create criteria to find the Context menu
       
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Context)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_MenuControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
          
        'Click the Down arrow repeatedly, until the Context menu, containing the 3 items (Save; Save as; Save and open) exists.
        'Note - Because the Context menu is a child of the Desktop element, the FindFirst call specifies TreeScope_Children,
        'not TreeScope_Descendants, to reduce the number of elements searched.
        'See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/UIAutomationClient/nf-uiautomationclient-iuiautomationelement-findfirst
       
        Do
            DownArrow.SetFocus
            InvokePattern.Invoke
            Set ContextMenu = DesktopRoot.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
            If ContextMenu Is Nothing Then Sleep 500
        Loop While ContextMenu Is Nothing
           
        'Find the Save as item in the Context menu
        'Name:          "Save as"
        'ControlType:   UIA_MenuItemControlTypeId
       
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save_as1)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_MenuItemControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
        Set SaveAsMenuItem = ContextMenu.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
           
        'Click the Save as item to display the Save As dialogue window
       
        Set InvokePattern = SaveAsMenuItem.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
        InvokePattern.Invoke
       
        'Search for the Save as window, when it appears, from the Desktop root element
       
        Set searchSaveAsWindowFrom = DesktopRoot
       
    ElseIf Not IEdialogue Is Nothing Then
   
        'The IE dialogue window exists.  See if the first child of the dialogue window contains the text "What do you want to do with "
       
        'Name:   "What do you want to do with 8d731f569075f6d.zip?"
        'ControlType:    UIA_TextControlTypeId (0xC364)
        'LocalizedControlType:   "text"

        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
        Set IEdialogueText = IEdialogue.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, ControlType)
       
        If Not IEdialogueText Is Nothing Then
       
            IEdialogueTextString = IEdialogueText.CurrentName
            p1 = InStr(IEdialogueTextString, sText_IEdialogueP1)
            If p1 = 1 Then
                p1 = p1 + Len(sText_IEdialogueP1)
                p2 = InStr(p1, IEdialogueTextString, sText_IEdialogueP2)
                defaultFileName = Mid(IEdialogueTextString, p1, p2 - p1)
                p1 = 1
            Else
                defaultFileName = ""
            End If
       
            'Get the 'Save as' button in the dialogue
            'Name:   "Save as"
            'ControlType:    UIA_ButtonControlTypeId (0xC350)
            'LocalizedControlType:   "button"

            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save_as1)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
            Set IEdialogueSaveAsButton = IEdialogue.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)

            If Not IEdialogueSaveAsButton Is Nothing Then
           
                'Click the Save as button to display the Save As dialogue window
   
                Set InvokePattern = IEdialogueSaveAsButton.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
                InvokePattern.Invoke
               
                'Search for the Save as window, when it appears, from the main IE window element
               
                Set searchSaveAsWindowFrom = IEmain
               
            End If
           
        End If

    End If
       
    'Find the Save As dialogue window, which is either a child of the Desktop if the Notification Bar was displayed, or a child
    'of the main IE window if the IE dialogue window was displayed, looping until it exists.
    'Again, the FindFirst specifies TreeScope_Children to reduce the number of elements searched.
    'Name:          "Save As"
    'ControlType:   UIA_WindowControlTypeId
   
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save_As2)
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
    Do
        Set SaveAsWindow = searchSaveAsWindowFrom.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        DoEvents
        If SaveAsWindow Is Nothing Then Sleep 200
    Loop While SaveAsWindow Is Nothing
           
    'If the caller has specified either the folder or the file name, populate the file name input box in the Save As window
   
    If saveInFolder <> "" Or saveAsFileName <> "" Then
   
        If saveAsFileName = "" Then
            'The caller has not specified the file name, so use the default file name from the Notification bar
            saveAsFileName = defaultFileName
        Else
            'If the caller has not specified an extension in the file name, append the extension from the default file name
            p1 = InStrRev(saveAsFileName, ".")
            If p1 = 0 Then
                saveAsFileName = saveAsFileName & Mid(defaultFileName, InStrRev(defaultFileName, "."))
            ElseIf p1 = Len(saveAsFileName) Then
                saveAsFileName = saveAsFileName & Mid(defaultFileName, InStrRev(defaultFileName, ".") + 1)
            End If
        End If
       
        'Construct the full file name
       
        fullFileName = saveInFolder & saveAsFileName
       
        'Create criteria to find the file name input box, which is a child of the Save As window
        'Name:          "File name:"
        'ControlType:   UIA_EditControlTypeId
   
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_File_name)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_EditControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
       
        'Find the file name input box
       
        Set FileNameInput = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NameAndType)
       
        'Put the full file name in the input box, using IUIAutomationValuePattern

        Set FileNameInputPattern = FileNameInput.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_ValuePatternId)
        FileNameInput.SetFocus
        FileNameInputPattern.SetValue fullFileName
       
        'Alternative code to put the full file name in the input box using IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
        'Same effect as using UIA_ValuePatternId above.
        '
        'Set FileNameInputPatternLegacy = FileNameInput.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_LegacyIAccessiblePatternId)
        'FileNameInputPatternLegacy.Select 1 '1=SELFLAG_TAKEFOCUS
        'FileNameInputPatternLegacy.SetValue fullFileName
       
        'If the Save button is clicked now, the Save As thinks the default file name is still being used.
        'To overcome this, and use the specified file name, we put a single space at the start of the input box with SendKeys
       
        SendKeys " ", True          'press space key
            
    Else
   
        'The caller has specified neither the folder nor the file name, so use the default file name provided by the remote site.
        'The file, if downloaded, will be saved in IE's default download folder
       
        fullFileName = defaultFileName
   
    End If
   
    'Create criteria to find the Save button
    'Name:          "Save"
    'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
   
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save)
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
   
    'Find the Save button, a child of the Save As window
   
    Set Button = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
       
    'Click the Save button
   
    Button.SetFocus
    Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
    InvokePattern.Invoke
       
    'Logical steps after clicking the Save button
    '
    'Find the Confirm Save As window, if it exists
    'If the Confirm Save As window was found Then
    '   If replaceExistingFile Then
    '       Click Yes
    '       downloaded = True
    '   Else
    '       Click No
    '       Click Cancel in Notification Bar
    '       downloaded = False
    '   End If
    'Else
    '   downloaded = True
    'End If
    'If downloaded Then
    '   Wait until Notification Bar contains "download has completed"
    '   Extract downloaded file name from Notification Bar
    'End If
    'Close Notification Bar
   
    'Create criteria to find the Confirm Save As dialogue window, if it exists
    'Name:          "Confirm Save As"
    'ControlType:   UIA_WindowControlTypeId
   
    Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Confirm_Save_As)
    Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
    Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
       
    'Find the Confirm Save As window, a child of the Save As window, waiting a maximum of 3 seconds
   
    timeout = DateAdd("s", 3, Now)
    Do
        Set ConfirmSaveAsWindow = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
        DoEvents
        If ConfirmSaveAsWindow Is Nothing Then Sleep 200
    Loop While ConfirmSaveAsWindow Is Nothing And Now < timeout
      
    If Not ConfirmSaveAsWindow Is Nothing Then
       
        'The Confirm Save As window exists, so click the Yes or No button depending on the replaceExistingFile flag
   
        If replaceExistingFile Then
       
            'Criteria to find Yes button
            'Name:          "Yes"
            'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
           
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Yes)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
       
            'Find the Yes button
           
            Set Button = ConfirmSaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
       
            'Click the Yes button
           
            Button.SetFocus
            Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
            InvokePattern.Invoke

        Else 'replaceExistingFile = False
       
            'Extract the text warning from the Confirm Save As window
           
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
            Set ConfirmSaveAsWindowText = ConfirmSaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, ControlType)
            ConfirmSaveAsWindowTextString = ConfirmSaveAsWindowText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_NamePropertyId)
       
            'Criteria to find No button
            'Name:          "No"
            'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
           
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_No)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
       
            'Find the No button, waiting until it exists
           
            Set Button = ConfirmSaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
       
            'Click the No button
           
            Button.SetFocus
            Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
            InvokePattern.Invoke
                       
            downloadResult = fullFileName & " NOT DOWNLOADED - " & ConfirmSaveAsWindowTextString & " - replaceExistingFile = False"
            IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = False
           
        End If
   
    Else
   
        'The Confirm Save As window doesn't exist.  This means that either the file was downloaded, or a Save As warning is
        'being displayed, giving the reason why it was not downloaded.
       
        'Criteria to find Save As warning window
        'Name:          "Save As"
        'ControlType:   UIA_WindowControlTypeId
       
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Save_As2)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_WindowControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)

        'Find the Save As warning window - a child of the main Save As window

        Set SaveAsWarningWindow = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
       
        If Not SaveAsWarningWindow Is Nothing Then
       
            'The Save As warning window exists, so extract the text warning from it
           
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
            Set SaveAsWarningText = SaveAsWarningWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, ControlType)
            SaveAsWarningTextString = SaveAsWarningText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_NamePropertyId)
           
            'Create criteria to find the OK button in the Save As warning window
            'Name:          "OK"
            'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
           
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_OK)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
           
            'Find the OK button - a child of the Save As warning window
           
            Set Button = SaveAsWarningWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
           
            'Click the OK button
           
            Button.SetFocus
            Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
            InvokePattern.Invoke
           
            IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = False
            downloadResult = fullFileName & " - NOT DOWNLOADED - " & SaveAsWarningTextString
           
        Else
       
            'The Save As warning window doesn't exist, so the file was downloaded
           
            saveAsFullName = fullFileName
            IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = True
           
        End If
           
    End If
   
    If IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation = True Then
   
        'If the file download was offered via the IE dialogue pane, rather than the normal Frame Notification Bar, then the Notification toolbar
        'is displayed as the download progresses.   Therefore get the Notification toolbar at this point
       
        If NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then
       
            'Conditions to find the Notification tool bar, a child of the main IE window
            'Name:                  "Notification"
            'ControlType:           UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId
            'LocalizedControlType:  "tool bar"
       
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Notification)
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId)
            Set NotificationToolbarCond = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
       
            Do
                Set NotificationToolbar = IEmain.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NotificationToolbarCond)
                DoEvents
                Sleep 200
            Loop While NotificationToolbar Is Nothing
       
        End If
       
        If LCase(NotifyDownloadComplete) = "yes" Then
       
            'IE setting 'Notify when downloads complete' is ticked, which means that the Notification bar will contain "download has completed" when the
            'download has finished
           
            'Create criteria to find the "Notification bar Text" element within the Notifcation bar
            'Name:          "Notification bar Text"
            'ControlType:   UIA_TextControlTypeId
            'Value.Value:   The xxxx yyyy.zzz download has completed.
           
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Notification bar Text")
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TextControlTypeId)
            Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
           
            'Find the Notification bar Text element in the Frame Notification Bar pane and wait until it contains "download has completed"
           
            NotificationBarTextString = ""
            Do
                Set NotificationBarText = NotificationToolbar.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
                DoEvents
                Sleep 200
                If Not NotificationBarText Is Nothing Then
                    NotificationBarTextString = NotificationBarText.GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_ValueValuePropertyId)
                End If
            Loop Until InStr(NotificationBarTextString, sText_Download_has_Completed)
           
        Else
       
            'IE setting 'Notify when downloads complete' is not ticked
            'Wait until the Notification bar doesn't exist
       
            'Conditions to find the Notification tool bar, a child of the main IE window
            'Name:                  "Notification"
            'ControlType:           UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId
            'LocalizedControlType:  "tool bar"
       
            Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, "Notification")
            Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ToolBarControlTypeId)
            Set NotificationToolbarCond = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
       
            Do
                Set NotificationToolbar = IEmain.FindFirst(TreeScope_Descendants, NotificationToolbarCond)
                DoEvents
                If Not NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then Sleep 200
            Loop Until NotificationToolbar Is Nothing

        End If
       
        downloadResult = "SUCCESSFULLY DOWNLOADED"
        saveAsFullName = fullFileName
       
    Else
   
        'Not downloaded, so click the Cancel button in the Save As window
           
        'Create criteria to find the Cancel button in the Save As window
        'Name:          "Cancel"
        'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
       
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Cancel)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
       
        'Find the Cancel button, waiting until it exists
       
        Set Button = SaveAsWindow.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
       
        'Click the Cancel button
       
        Button.SetFocus
        Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
        InvokePattern.Invoke
       
        'In this case, does the Notification tool bar pane exist?

    End If
            
    If Not NotificationToolbar Is Nothing Then
   
        'Create criteria to find the Close (X) button on the Notification pane
        'Name:          "Close"
        'ControlType:   UIA_ButtonControlTypeId
       
        Set ControlName = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_NamePropertyId, sControlName_Close)
        Set ControlType = UIAutomation.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_ButtonControlTypeId)
        Set NameAndType = UIAutomation.CreateAndCondition(ControlName, ControlType)
           
        'Find the Close button in the IE Download Notification Bar
       
        Set Button = NotificationToolbar.FindFirst(TreeScope_Children, NameAndType)
       
        'Click the Close button
       
        Button.SetFocus
        Set InvokePattern = Button.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_InvokePatternId)
        InvokePattern.Invoke
   
    End If
                
End Function


#If VBA7 Then
Public Sub IE_Click_Tab_Like(IEhwnd As LongPtr, findTabName As String)
#Else
Public Sub IE_Click_Tab_Like(IEhwnd As Long, findTabName As String)
#End If
  
    'This finds all TabItemControls of the IE window and loops through them looking for the tab item whose CurrentName property matches the specified tab name.
    'If found, it activates that tab.  Uses the Like operator, so wildcards can be used (see - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/like-operator)
    'to specify the tab name to be found and activated.
    'This is useful because sometimes the visible tab name - shown when hovering over the tab - may be "xxxxx", the actual tab name
    'according to UIAutomation is "xxxxx Tab Group 1".
  
    Dim UIauto As IUIAutomation
    Dim IEwindow As IUIAutomationElement, IEtab As IUIAutomationElement
    Dim IEtabs As IUIAutomationElementArray
    Dim tabItemCondition As IUIAutomationCondition
    Dim IEtabPattern As IUIAutomationLegacyIAccessiblePattern
    Dim i As Long
   
    'Create UIAutomation object
   
    Set UIauto = New CUIAutomation
   
    'Get Internet Explorer UIAutomation element
   
    Set IEwindow = UIauto.ElementFromHandle(ByVal IEhwnd)
   
    'Create condition to find a TabItemControl
   
    Set tabItemCondition = UIauto.CreatePropertyCondition(UIA_ControlTypePropertyId, UIA_TabItemControlTypeId)
   
    'Find all tabs
   
    Set IEtabs = IEwindow.FindAll(TreeScope_Descendants, tabItemCondition)
   
    'Look for the tab which matches the specified tab name
   
    Set IEtab = Nothing
    i = 0
    While i < IEtabs.Length And IEtab Is Nothing
        'Debug.Print i; IEtabs.GetElement(i).CurrentName
        If LCase(IEtabs.GetElement(i).CurrentName) Like LCase(findTabName) Then Set IEtab = IEtabs.GetElement(i)
        i = i + 1
    Wend
       
    '==== OR look for the tab which matches the specified tab name and its URL.  The tab name AND URL is shown when you hover the mouse on the IE tab
   
    'LegacyIAccessible.Description:  "Balance Sheet for Intel Corp (INTC) from Morningstar.com
    '                                http://financials.morningstar.com/balance-sheet/bs.html?t=INTC&region=usa&culture=en-US"
   
'    Set IEtab = Nothing
'    i = 0
'    While i < IEtabs.Length And IEtab Is Nothing
'        Debug.Print i; IEtabs.GetElement(i).GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_LegacyIAccessibleDescriptionPropertyId)
'        If LCase(IEtabs.GetElement(i).GetCurrentPropertyValue(UIA_LegacyIAccessibleDescriptionPropertyId)) Like LCase(findTabName) Then Set IEtab = IEtabs.GetElement(i)
'        i = i + 1
'    Wend
   
    If Not IEtab Is Nothing Then
   
        'Access the legacy pattern of the IE tab, which has the DoDefaultAction method (Click)  (Press, 27-Oct-2021)
       
        Set IEtabPattern = IEtab.GetCurrentPattern(UIA_LegacyIAccessiblePatternId)
        IEwindow.SetFocus   'optional - brings the IE window to the foreground
        IEtabPattern.DoDefaultAction
        'Another way of clicking the tab
        'IEtabPattern.Select 2
       
    Else
   
        MsgBox "IE tab with name '" & findTabName & "' not found"
       
    End If
       
    Set IEtabPattern = Nothing
    Set IEtab = Nothing
    Set IEwindow = Nothing
    Set UIauto = Nothing
   
End Sub

Test routine which downloads a .xls file from tools.morningstar.co.uk using the two public functions in the above code.
VBA Code:
'References required:
'Microsoft Internet Controls
'Microsoft HTML Object Library

Option Explicit

#If VBA7 Then
    Private Declare PtrSafe Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
    Private Declare PtrSafe Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As LongPtr) As Long
#Else
    Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
    Private Declare Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
#End If


Public Sub Test_IE_Download()

    Dim URL As String
    Dim IE As InternetExplorer
    Dim HTMLdoc As HTMLDocument
    Dim exportLink As HTMLLinkElement
    Dim saveAsFullName As String
    Dim replaceExistingFile As Boolean
    Dim downloadResult As String, downloadStatus As Boolean
   
    saveAsFullName = "C:\Temp\"                         'Save in this folder with the file name provided by web site.  Folder must end with "\"
    replaceExistingFile = True
   
    'URL for Record PLC (REC); Financials and Ratios; Balance Sheet
   
    URL = "https://tools.morningstar.co.uk/uk/stockreport/default.aspx?tab=10&vw=bs&SecurityToken=0P0000APA1%5D3%5D0%5DE0WWE%24%24ALL&Id=0P0000APA1&ClientFund=0&CurrencyId=BAS"
   
    'See if an IE window is already open at the site
   
    Set IE = Get_IE_Window2(URL)
    If IE Is Nothing Then
        Set IE = New InternetExplorer
        With IE
            .Visible = True
            SetForegroundWindow .hwnd
            If .LocationURL <> URL Then
                .navigate URL
                While .Busy Or .readyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE: DoEvents: Sleep 100: Wend
                While .document.readyState <> "complete": DoEvents: Sleep 100: Wend
            End If
        End With
    End If
    Set HTMLdoc = IE.document
      
    'Find and click the Export to Excel link to start the IE file download dialogue
   
    Set exportLink = HTMLdoc.getElementById("ExportExcel")
    exportLink.Click
   
    'Activate the morningstar IE tab and download the .xls file using Save As
   
    IE_Click_Tab_Like IE.hwnd, "*morningstar*"
    downloadStatus = IE_Download_File_Using_UIAutomation(IE.hwnd, saveAsFullName, replaceExistingFile, downloadResult)
    Debug.Print "Download result = " & downloadResult
    Debug.Print "Download saveAsFullName = " & saveAsFullName
    Debug.Print "Download status = " & downloadStatus
   
End Sub


Private Function Get_IE_Window2(URL As String) As InternetExplorer

    'Look for an IE browser window or tab already open at the domain of the specified URL (which can start with http://, https://
    'or nothing) and, if found, return that browser as an InternetExplorer object.  Otherwise return Nothing

    Dim Shell As Object
    Dim IE As InternetExplorer
    Dim i As Variant 'Must be a Variant to index Shell.Windows.Item() array
   
    Set Shell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
   
    i = 0
    Set Get_IE_Window2 = Nothing
    While i < Shell.Windows.count And Get_IE_Window2 Is Nothing
        Set IE = Shell.Windows.Item(i)
        If Not IE Is Nothing Then
            If TypeOf IE Is InternetExplorer Then
                'Debug.Print IE.LocationURL, IE.LocationName
                If InStr(IE.LocationURL, URL) = 1 Then Set Get_IE_Window2 = IE
            End If
        End If
        i = i + 1
    Wend
   
End Function
 
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