{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZoomerAnalytics/xlwings/issues/696","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZoomerAnalytics/xlwings","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZoomerAnalytics/xlwings/issues/696/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZoomerAnalytics/xlwings/issues/696/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZoomerAnalytics/xlwings/issues/696/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ZoomerAnalytics/xlwings/issues/696","id":240480414,"number":696,"title":"How to get existing addins activated after calling xw.App( )","user":{"login":"ededovic","id":9282127,"avatar_url":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/9282127?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic","html_url":"https://github.com/ededovic","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ededovic/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2017-07-04T18:32:29Z","updated_at":"2017-07-04T18:50:01Z","closed_at":null,"body":"If I have say Bloomberg or any other addin, they do not become available inside **app = xw.App()** as shown below. Is there an option that would load all excel addins when using the following code.\r\n    **app = xw.App()**\r\n    **xlb = app.books.open('xls_macro_file.xlsm')**\r\n    ...\r\n    xlb.close(); \r\n    app.quit()\r\nAn alternative that works is to use  **app = xw.apps.active**, while that works in most cases, Excel gets stuck at times, and xw ends up with an exception. \r\n\r\nI'd prefer to call xw.App( ) as that is more robust when working with excel. The only challenge is that addin calculations can not be called as add-ins are not loaded. \r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZoomerAnalytics/xlwings/issues/comments/312934391","html_url":"https://github.com/ZoomerAnalytics/xlwings/issues/696#issuecomment-312934391","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZoomerAnalytics/xlwings/issues/696","id":312934391,"user":{"login":"fzumstein","id":2265504,"avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/2265504?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein","html_url":"https://github.com/fzumstein","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fzumstein/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2017-07-04T18:50:01Z","updated_at":"2017-07-04T18:50:01Z","body":"You need to manually load the addin, i.e. open the xlam, for xll addins see also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33125610/xlwings-wipes-out-my-excel-addin and the link therein."}}
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