Select A Node ASP.NET TreeView Control Programatically

I am creating treeview nodes dynamically in code when I create a node I set the
newNode.SelectAction = TreeNodeSelectAction.Select
which makes the node selectable  and when I manually click on a node the TreeView1.SeletedIndexChanged fires as expected.

The problem comes in in the Search functionality. The code to search for a name locates the proper name in the treeview and changes its font color to lime which is the functionality I want.

What I need the search to do it not only change the font color (which it does already) but also select the node and fire the SelectedNodeChanged event programatically. I added "node.Select() to my code but it does nothing.

Can anyone help. Thanks in advance.

Protected Sub btnSearch_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnSearch.Click
      
        For Each node As TreeNode In TreeView1.Nodes
            If (node.Text = txtSearch.Text) Then
                node.Text = "<span style='color: lime'>" & node.Text & "</span>"
                ExpandAllNodes(node)
                node.Select()
            ElseIf (node.ChildNodes) IsNot Nothing Then
                CheckChildNodes(node)

            End If
        Next

        TreeView1.ExpandAll()
    End Sub

    Private Sub CheckChildNodes(ByVal node As TreeNode)
        For Each childNode As TreeNode In node.ChildNodes
            If childNode.Text = txtSearch.Text Then
                childNode.Text = "<span style='color: lime'>" & childNode.Text & "</span>"
                ExpandAllNodes(childNode)
                childNode.Select()
            ElseIf childNode.ChildNodes IsNot Nothing Then
                CheckChildNodes(childNode)
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

    Private Sub ExpandAllNodes(ByVal node As TreeNode)
        Dim nodeParent As TreeNode = node.Parent
        While (nodeParent.Parent IsNot Nothing)
            nodeParent = nodeParent.Parent
        End While
        nodeParent.ExpandAll()
    End Sub

    Private Sub TreeView1_SelectedNodeChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TreeView1.SelectedNodeChanged
        Label1.Text = "Hi " + TreeView1.SelectedNode.Text
    End Sub

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