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This checks for the Adobe Reader process. If the process is running, a PDF file is currently opened. 
 
The Adobe process name on my laptop is AcroRd32.exe. It might be different on yours. You'll need to open Windows Task Manager (right click on Windows Tray and select Task Manager) to check. It probably starts with something like &quot;Acro&quot; 
 
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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-8224736">strProcessName = &quot;AcroRd32.exe&quot;

If IsProcessRunning(strProcessName) = True Then
	MsgBox &quot;PDF process IS running.&quot;
Else
	MsgBox &quot;PDF process IS NOT running.&quot;
End If


Function IsProcessRunning(strProcessName)
	IsProcessRunning = False
	Set objService = GetObject (&quot;winmgmts:&quot;)

	For Each objProcess in objService.InstancesOf (&quot;Win32_Process&quot;)
		If objProcess.Name = strProcessName Then 
			IsProcessRunning = True
			Exit For
		End If
	Next
End Function
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sungenwang - the workflow is a server based system, the file is being opened by non-local user. 
prashanthd - that looks promising and I will be testing it shortly.
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I know this is a bit of an odd issue - but I need to test if a PDF file is in use/open. &nbsp;I have a backend workflow system designed to grab/process PDF files, however these same PDF's are visible to the users and we have an issue now and then where the file is still 'opened' by the user and thus cannot be grabbed by the workflow. 
 
I have checked with the Workflow vendor and they don't have any way built in to test for this and they don't consider being unable to grab the file an error (if the system generated an error I could work with it).
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I know this is a bit of an odd issue - but I need to test if a PDF file is in use/open.  I have a backend workflow system designed to grab/process PDF files, however these same PDF's are visible to the users and we have an issue now and then where the file is still 'opened' by the user and thus cannot be grabbed by the workflow.

I have checked with the Workflow vendor and they don't have any way built in to test for this and they don't consider being unable to grab the file an error (if the system generated an error I could work with it).

vbscript if PDF is open

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VBScript (Visual Basic Scripting Edition) is an interpreted scripting language developed by Microsoft that is modeled on Visual Basic, but with some important differences. VBScript is commonly used for automating administrative and other tasks in Windows operating systems (by means of the Windows Script Host) and for server-side scripting in ASP web applications. It is also used for client-side scripting in Internet Explorer, specifically in intranet web applications.