AddIns object (Excel)

A collection of AddIn objects that represents all the add-ins available to Microsoft Excel, regardless of whether they're installed.

Remarks

This list corresponds to the list of add-ins displayed in the Add-Ins dialog box.

Example

Use the Application property to return the AddIns collection. The following example creates a list that contains the names and installed states of all the available add-ins.

Sub DisplayAddIns() 
 Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate 
 rw = 1 
 For Each ad In Application.AddIns 
 Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(rw, 1) = ad.Name 
 Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(rw, 2) = ad.Installed 
 rw = rw + 1 
 Next 
End Sub

Use the Add method to add an add-in to the list of available add-ins. The Add method adds an add-in to the list but doesn't install the add-in. Set the Installed property of the add-in to True to install the add-in.

To install an add-in that doesn't appear in the list of available add-ins, you must first use the Add method and then set the Installed property. This can be done in a single step, as shown in the following example (note that you use the name of the add-in, not its title, with the Add method).

AddIns.Add("generic.xll").Installed = True

Use AddIns (index), where index is the add-in title or index number, to return a single AddIn object. The following example installs the Analysis Toolpak add-in.

AddIns("analysis toolpak").Installed = True

Don't confuse the add-in title, which appears in the Add-Ins dialog box, with the add-in name, which is the file name of the add-in. You must spell the add-in title exactly as it's spelled in the Add-Ins dialog box, but the capitalization doesn't have to match.

Methods

• Add

Properties

• Application
• Count
• Creator
• Item
• Parent

See also

• Excel Object Model reference

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