Load Excel add-in using win32com from Python

Question

I\'ve seen from various questions on here that if an instance of Excel is opened from Python using:

xl = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch(\'Excel.Applicat         


        

Answer 1

I have had much better success using Excel via win32com than any of the other methods, but you might want to look at pyxll (https://www.pyxll.com/introduction.html). Here are a few other things:

• Have you checked that addin.Installed == True?
• Have you tried AddIns.Add("c:\windows\addins\TSXL\TSXL.xll").Installed = True?
• Try xl.DisplayAlerts=False before opening the workbooks

• Have you tried the four steps in last answer of Automating Excel via COM/Python - standard addins won't load at startup, I copy them here:

  1. Open the XLA / XLL file representing the addin in question
  2. Set addins(addin_name).Installed = False
  3. Addins(addin_name).Add(addin_file_path)
  4. Set addins(addin_name).Installed = True