I was trying the same thing, and that was why I was asking.

I have tried

$doc.write("$html")
causes an invalid function call

$doc.write = "$html"
will return
@serror = COM automation error: 80004001 [1/1]
@error = 1

One thing i noticed is that i could not get a handle to the $ie.document object unless i did a $ie.navigate first.

code:

---

$title	= "Dropdown_Prompt"
$top	= "100"
$left	= "200"
$height	= "165"
$width	= "275"
$false	= 0
$true	= -1
$html = "test"

$ie = createobject("internetexplorer.application")
if $ie = 0 exit endif
$ie.addressbar	= $false
$ie.menubar	= $false
$ie.toolbar	= $false
$ie.statusbar	= $false
$ie.resizable	= $false
$ie.top		= $top
$ie.left	= $left
$ie.height	= $height
$ie.width	= $width
$ie.visible	= $true

debug on
while $ie.busy <>0 and @error = 0 loop
$ie.navigate("http://microsoft.com")
$doc = $ie.document
? @error
? vartype($ie)
? vartype($doc)
 
$doc.write = $html
? @error
? @serror

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Bryce

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