I have an addin that is installed. if i select addins it is in the list and
checked. if i open any excel document i have access to the menubar and
macros. if i launch a file from access the addin does not load. is there
something i can do differently? why would i have to specifically load the
addin in code if it is already running in excel? how can i fix this? thanks.

Dim A As Object
Set A = CreateObject("excel.application")
With A.Application
A.Visible = True
A.workbooks.Open "C:\Documents and Settings\Daniel
Motsinger\Desktop\work\File Imports\test1.xls"

A.Run "messagebox"
A.workbooks.Close
End With