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Detect if Excel file is "read only"???
If I open an Excel file which someone is currently using, Excel
will display a caption in the title bar that says "read only". Excel is probably telling me that the file is read only because another user currently is using the file. My question is, does Excel have a function (or can I create my own) which returns TRUE if the file is "read only" or FALSE otherwise??? I'm mostly interested in a function that returns TRUE if Excel displays the "read only" caption due to the file's state of being in use. thank you |
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Detect if Excel file is "read only"???
if activeworkbook.ReadOnly = true then
'do something else 'do something else end if -- Gary Keramidas Excel 2003 "Robert Crandal" wrote in message ... If I open an Excel file which someone is currently using, Excel will display a caption in the title bar that says "read only". Excel is probably telling me that the file is read only because another user currently is using the file. My question is, does Excel have a function (or can I create my own) which returns TRUE if the file is "read only" or FALSE otherwise??? I'm mostly interested in a function that returns TRUE if Excel displays the "read only" caption due to the file's state of being in use. thank you |
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Detect if Excel file is "read only"???
I've put something in the "Workbook_Open" procedure in the "ThisWorkbook"
module to check to see if the workbook is read only. The only difference is that I'd use If ThisWorkbook.Readonly then 'Do something Else 'Do something else end if That way you know immediately when you open the workbook that it's read only. Of course, macros need to be enabled for this to work. -- HTH, Barb Reinhardt "Robert Crandal" wrote: If I open an Excel file which someone is currently using, Excel will display a caption in the title bar that says "read only". Excel is probably telling me that the file is read only because another user currently is using the file. My question is, does Excel have a function (or can I create my own) which returns TRUE if the file is "read only" or FALSE otherwise??? I'm mostly interested in a function that returns TRUE if Excel displays the "read only" caption due to the file's state of being in use. thank you . |
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Robert,
I am just an old, gray-haired teacher. A very useful lesson for my students is to learn self-instruction and not rely on others if it is not necessary. In other words, it would behoove them to research information themselves. It can be a powerful tool, especially today in the age of the internet. I have not responded before in this NG but I do frequent the threads so I may learn more. What I have noticed with many of your questions is that the answers are right at *your* fingertips but you rely on others to provide them for you. In this case, if you simply searched VBA help for "readonly", you would have found "workbook.readonly property" which is exactly what Mr. Keramidas provided you with. You could have had your answer in a matter of seconds instead of minutes. In addition, a Google search for http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...qi =&aql=&oq= resulted in the first hit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153058 I hope you accept this advice (from a teacher of 42 years) in the manner intended. Bill "Robert Crandal" wrote in message ... If I open an Excel file which someone is currently using, Excel will display a caption in the title bar that says "read only". Excel is probably telling me that the file is read only because another user currently is using the file. My question is, does Excel have a function (or can I create my own) which returns TRUE if the file is "read only" or FALSE otherwise??? I'm mostly interested in a function that returns TRUE if Excel displays the "read only" caption due to the file's state of being in use. thank you |
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Hi Bill,
But, if nobody relied on you and merely used Google for their information, then you would be out of a teaching job, wouldn't you?? ;) I'm just being a smart ass here, haha. No offense is intended to ya! Thanks for the advice though. Robert "Bill McMurray" wrote in message ... Robert, I am just an old, gray-haired teacher. A very useful lesson for my students is to learn self-instruction and not rely on others if it is not necessary. In other words, it would behoove them to research information themselves. It can be a powerful tool, especially today in the age of the internet. I have not responded before in this NG but I do frequent the threads so I may learn more. What I have noticed with many of your questions is that the answers are right at *your* fingertips but you rely on others to provide them for you. In this case, if you simply searched VBA help for "readonly", you would have found "workbook.readonly property" which is exactly what Mr. Keramidas provided you with. You could have had your answer in a matter of seconds instead of minutes. In addition, a Google search for http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...qi =&aql=&oq= resulted in the first hit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153058 I hope you accept this advice (from a teacher of 42 years) in the manner intended. |
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Robert,
You're alright in my books. The good news for teachers is that there are just some things you *can't* learn through the internet. Cheers from an old dinosaur. Bill "Robert Crandal" wrote in message ... Hi Bill, But, if nobody relied on you and merely used Google for their information, then you would be out of a teaching job, wouldn't you?? ;) I'm just being a smart ass here, haha. No offense is intended to ya! Thanks for the advice though. Robert "Bill McMurray" wrote in message ... Robert, I am just an old, gray-haired teacher. A very useful lesson for my students is to learn self-instruction and not rely on others if it is not necessary. In other words, it would behoove them to research information themselves. It can be a powerful tool, especially today in the age of the internet. I have not responded before in this NG but I do frequent the threads so I may learn more. What I have noticed with many of your questions is that the answers are right at *your* fingertips but you rely on others to provide them for you. In this case, if you simply searched VBA help for "readonly", you would have found "workbook.readonly property" which is exactly what Mr. Keramidas provided you with. You could have had your answer in a matter of seconds instead of minutes. In addition, a Google search for http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...qi =&aql=&oq= resulted in the first hit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153058 I hope you accept this advice (from a teacher of 42 years) in the manner intended. |
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