Question

Is there a way to see if an Excel Workbook, say DataSheet.xls, is open (in use) or not? I would like to close that Workbook if it is opened.

Answer 1

The right way is to examine the Application.Workbooks object. In VBA you would write:

Dim wb as Workbook
On Error Resume Next                       '//this is VBA way of saying "try"'
Set wb = Application.Workbooks(wbookName)
If err.Number = 9 then                     '//this is VBA way of saying "catch"'
    'the file is not opened...'
End If

In other words, Workbooks is an array (or in VBA terms, Collection) of all open workbooks.

In C# the following code works:

    static bool IsOpened(string wbook)
    {
        bool isOpened = true;
        Excel.Application exApp;
        exApp = (Excel.Application)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("Excel.Application");
        try
        {
            exApp.Workbooks.get_Item(wbook);
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            isOpened = false;
        }
        return isOpened;
    }

You will probably want to pass the reference to Excel.Application yourself.