OK, great. Was not familiar with low level file io. Thank you.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

No. It uses the low level file io to open the file (in no application)
exclusively. If it can be opened exclusively, then it is not opened in
read/write mode by someone else. It has nothing to do with the file type or
the application where the function might be used.

Again, I know how to do what I want to the DB object after instancing it
with
the GetObject, but I need to know whether it's already in use before I
even
do my GetObject.

And I offered a solution to that problem.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Mister T" wrote in message
...
Thanks, but I don't know if the procedures mentioned below work in my
case.
It seems like they rely on using the Open statement to attempt opening an
Excel file within Excel and seeing if the file is locked. (Or the Word
example attempts to open a Word file within Word.)

What I'm trying to do is figure from Excel whether an Access file is
already
in use. So what makes my problem tricky is its inter-application nature.
Again, I know how to do what I want to the DB object after instancing it
with
the GetObject, but I need to know whether it's already in use before I
even
do my GetObject.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:


http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=138621
XL: Macro Code to Check Whether a File Is Already Open

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=291295
XL2002: Macro Code to Check Whether a File Is Already Open

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=213383
XL2000: Macro Code to Check Whether a File Is Already Open

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=184982
WD97: VBA Function to Check If File or Document Is Open

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Mister T" wrote in message
...
Hi,

My problem is not about manipulating the Access object from my Excel
VBA
code. Rather, what I want is not to do these manipulations at all in
the
first place in case the Access DB is already open. So what I want to
do is
detect whether or not the DB has already been instanced.

"sebastienm" wrote:

Hi,
Are you trying to query the database or do something else?

If the first case:
You can pull up data directly from Excel using the External Data
featu
menu Data Get (or Import) External Data New Database Query. There
choose
MS Access and follow the dialogs.
In vba, it is similar to buikding a QueryTable object. (do the step
above
with the macro recorder On, then check at the automated code).

I hope this helps,
Regards,
Sébastien

"Mister T" wrote:

In an Excel routine, I access an Access database with a GetObject.
But
before
I do that, is there a way to find out if an instance of that
particular DB
has already been launched? Thank you.