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Determine if a File is open



Determine if a File is open

The following routine checks to see if a file has been opened/locked:

Option Explicit

'Purpose     :  This function checks to see if a file is open or not
'Inputs      :  sFilePathName           The file and path name of the file eg. C:\book1.xls
'Outputs     :  Returns True if the file is open else returns False
'Notes       :  This will return False if the file has not been open exclusively.
'               eg. Opening a text file in a text editor will not lock the file and hence
'               this routine will still return False.
'Revisions   :

Function FileIsOpen(sFileName As String) As Boolean
    Dim iFileNum As Integer, lErrNum As Long
    
    On Error Resume Next
    iFileNum = FreeFile()
    'Attempt to open the file and lock it.
    Open sFileName For Input Lock Read As #iFileNum
    Close iFileNum
    lErrNum = Err.Number
    On Error GoTo 0
    
    'Check to see which error occurred.
    Select Case lErrNum
    Case 0
        'No error occurred.
        'File is NOT already open by another user.
        FileIsOpen = False

    Case 70
        'Error number for "Permission Denied."
        'File is already opened by another user.
        FileIsOpen = True
    
    Case 53
        'File not found
        FileIsOpen = False
        
    Case Else
        'Another error occurred.
        FileIsOpen = True
        Debug.Print Error(lErrNum)
    End Select
End Function