Thanks Ron (and KeepItCool).

It choked several times when I first ran it. I changed
Application.Addins to xl.AddIns and it got past that line, but still errored
(1004) when trying to open the addin. I disabled the Excel 10.0 Object
library in PPT, and it continued to crash, but after a few runs, it
miraculasly started working. So, it works now is the bottom line.

Thanks again.

"Ron de Bruin" wrote in message
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Yes

This was suggested by KeepItCool and should work:

code from KeepItCool (Oct 21, 2004)
Sub LoadXLwithAddins()
Dim xl As Object
Dim ai As Object

Set xl = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

For Each ai In Application.AddIns
If ai.Installed Then
xl.Workbooks.Open(ai.FullName).RunAutoMacros 1
End If
Next

xl.Visible = True
Set xl = Nothing
End Sub

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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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I think you have to load them all manually when using automation, so you
need to open them as any other Excel file.

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HTH

RP
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"Bob H" wrote in message
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Office XP

From a macro in PowerPoint, I open an Excel file I want to work with. I
use:

Excel.Workbooks.Open FileName:= _
"C:\Whatever.xls"
Excel.Application.Visible = True

Excel and the file open, but I don't have access to my Excel addins.
Their
commands no longer appear in the Tools menu. (For example, Bovey's
CodeCleaner.) However, the addins show as installed and loaded.

How can I open the Excel file from PowerPoint with addins intact?

Is there anything else I should know about opening Excel from
PowerPoint?

Thank you.