VBS If file is open - vbscript

Question

I've got a simple program than scans data into a spreadsheet along with a timestamp, then you can either update the data by saving, or quit and exit and save.
The only issue I've been stuck on for a day or so is to work around the error handling of the case of the spreadsheet being already open. Id like to have something like this;
if file is open THEn msgbox("File is open, close file and start again")
WScript.Quit
Option Explicit
DIM oFs: Set oFs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
DIM objExcel, strExcelPath, objSheet
DIM ib
DIM msg1
DIM msg2
strExcelPath = "c:\temp\Example.xls"
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
objExcel.WorkBooks.Open strExcelPath
Set objSheet = objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
DO
ib=inputbox("SCAN NAME, SCAN LOTS"&vbCrLf&"TO UPDATE,SCAN ""UPDATE."""&vbCrLf&"TO EXIT, SCAN ""QUIT.""","Picklot Passout Database")
IF ib="" THEN
msg1=MsgBox("You must scan either a NAME or LOT NUMBER."&vbCrLf&"If you want to exit, scan QUIT."&vbCrLf&"Click OK to continue.",vbokonly,"Cannot Insert Blank Data")
ELSEIF ib= "QUIT" OR ib= "quit" THEN
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Save
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Close
objExcel.Application.Quit
set objExcel = Nothing
Set oFs = Nothing
ELSEIF ib="update" OR ib="UPDATE" THEN
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Save
msg2=MsgBox("Update Complete.",vbokonly,"Database Updated")
ELSE
objSheet.Range("A2").EntireRow.Insert
objSheet.Cells(2, 1).Value = ib
objSheet.Cells(2, 2).Value=(now)
END IF
LOOP WHILE NOT ib="quit" AND NOT ib="QUIT"

Answer 1

This may help point you in the right direction. Sorry for the rushed, lowercase syntax and unconventional indentations (do not follow my bad practice - keep yours! :D), I wrote it in notepad you see - but it has been tested successfully.
Anyhow, with reference to your code, I have restructured it in a bad manner, familiar to me, adding the functionality you specify. Essentially the task manager application list is checked for a running instance of the "example" Excel file (depending on what version of excel you're using the syntax will differ).
If found it will make it the active window (thereby preventing a read only duplicate instance initiating). If no instance is found it will open "example.xlsx", in this case using a relative path to the script itself. A subroutine is then called to do the business with the cells...
I have written it in such a way to try keep your specs as well as maintain the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons explicitly functional. Please feel free to tinker with this, you may need to address the path and instr lines differently. I hope it helps! All the best.
path=createobject("scripting.filesystemobject").getparentfoldername(wscript.scriptfullname)
excelpath=path&"\example.xlsx"
set objword=createobject("word.application")
set coltasks=objword.tasks
i=0
for each objtask in coltasks
name=lcase(objtask.name)
if instr(name, "microsoft excel - example") then
i=1
end if
next
if i=1 then
wscript.echo "An active instance of ""example.xlsx"" has been found"
set objexcel=getobject(excelpath)
call UPDATER
else
set objexcel=createobject("excel.application")
objexcel.workbooks.open(excelpath)
set objsheet=objexcel.activeworkbook.worksheets(1)
objexcel.visible=true
call UPDATER
end if
sub UPDATER
do
data=inputbox("Please enter data" &vbcrlf&vbcrlf& "To save data & continue, type ""update""" &vbcrlf& "To save data & exit, type ""quit""","Excel DB Updater")
if isempty(data) then
objexcel.activeworkbook.close
objexcel.application.quit
wscript.quit()
elseif lcase(data)="quit" then
objexcel.activeworkbook.save
objexcel.activeworkbook.close
objexcel.application.quit
quit=msgbox("DB Updating complete",vbokonly,"Excel DB Updater")
wscript.quit
elseif lcase(data)="update" then
objexcel.activeworkbook.save
update=msgbox("Data save complete, press OK to continue",vbokonly,"Excel DB Updater")
elseif len(data)<>0 then
objsheet.range("A1").entirerow.insert
objsheet.cells(1, 1).value=data
objsheet.cells(1, 2).value=(now)
add=msgbox("Data added, press OK to continue",vbokonly,"Excel DB Updater")
end if
loop while len(data)>=0 and not lcase(data)="quit"
end sub