Fred,

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;291295
XL2002: Macro Code to Check Whether a File Is Already Open


http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;213383
XL2000: Macro Code to Check Whether a File Is Already Open

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;138621
Macro Code to Check Whether a File Is Already Open

Ms suggested way.

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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"Fred" <leavemealone@home wrote in message
...
I open a number of other workbooks to coolect and alter data but sometimes
one or more of those workbooks are in use by another user. If it is in use
then I would like to just skip that workbook.

How can I test to check if the workbook is in use before I try to open it?

Thanks for any help
Fred