WD2000: Macro to Determine Whether File Is Already Open

ID: Q212714

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

This article discusses how to create a Visual Basic for Applications macro that determines whether a specified file is already open.

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For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

This macro example loops through each document in the Documents collection and determines whether the path and name of the document you want to open match the path and name of a file already open in Word. If there is a match, the macro displays a message box similar to the following, stating that the document is currently open in Word:

C:\My Documents\MyDoc.Doc is already open.

If there is no match, the macro opens the document.


Sub IsDocAlreadyOpen()
   Dim sDocToOpen As String
   Dim dDoc As Document

   ' Replace the following example document path and file
   ' with the path and file you want to open.
   sDocToOpen = "C:\My Documents\MyDoc.Doc"

   ' Loop through all open documents.
   For Each dDoc In Documents

      'Test for match.
      If UCase(sDocToOpen) = UCase(dDoc.Path & "\" & dDoc.Name) Then

         ' If open, display a message.
         MsgBox sDocToOpen & " is already open."
         Exit Sub

      Else
         On Error Resume Next

         ' Open the document.
         Documents.Open (sDocToOpen)

         ' If the document does not exist or the path/name is
         ' incorrect an error will occur. This error trap
         ' displays the error information.
         If Err <> 0 Then
            MsgBox Err.Description
         End If

         Exit Sub

      End If
      ' Loop to next document.
   Next dDoc
End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources

Q226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb vba vbe

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode kbwordvba wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto