From: "greg.rb" Date: 2006-07-08T00:20:12+09:00 Subject: Re: excel addin #name error I tried: xlApp.AddIns("Analysis ToolPak").Installed = true xlApp.AddIns("Analysis ToolPak - VBA").Installed = true but it didn't help. somehow we need to force the addin to actually load when creating the com object. later...until we find the answer...