Check if excel application is running

[william]

Hello Everybody

I need some help how to achieve this in ilogic.

I would like to be able to check and see if excel is already open. Check that the excel application is running. 

If the excel application is open, it willl be an unsaved workbook, created by a previous rule. 

I have spent some time looking through the forums and VB.Net forums but i havent had any luck yet. The closest threads that I could find are below, but I couldnt get them to work. 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/code-to-check-if-a-file-is-open/td-p/5432055

https://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?842295-Check-to-if-Excel-is-open-and-then-close-it

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51770013/get-running-instances-of-excel-with-vb-net

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9373082/detect-whether-excel-workbook-is-already-open

Is there a simple way to do this? I dont know my way around VB.Net code very well, and still learning on the ilogic too. 

Appreciate any help. 

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

 Try
            For Each p In Process.GetProcesses

                If p.ProcessName = "EXCEL" Then


                        p.Kill()
                        BolExcelRunning = False
                    End If
                End If
            Next
        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try

[william]

Thanks @bradeneuropeArthur 

I modified it slightly to what I wanted and it works great. 

ExcelRunning = False
Try
	For Each p In Process.GetProcesses
		If p.ProcessName = "EXCEL" Then
			ExcelRunning = True
			MessageBox.Show("Excel is running", "Title")
		End If
	Next
Catch ex As Exception
End Try	

If ExcelRunning = False Then 
	MessageBox.Show("Excel is not running", "Title")
End If