Reach current excel application properties in Excel 2013

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In Excel 2010 it was possible to get a reference to the current Excel application without creating a new instance of Excel. E.g. the ScreenUpdating property could be reached by the following:

bool boolScreenUpdating = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ScreenUpdating;

This is not possible in Excel 2013. How to reach e.g. this property without creating a new instance of Excel ?

Posted 29-Nov-15 9:20am

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CHill60 30-Nov-15 7:28am

What do you mean by a new instance? Are you actually trying to access the currently running instance of Excel that was not started by your program?

Member 2014650 30-Nov-15 17:55pm

Yes, I am trying to access the current running instance of Excel. Ie. the instance af Excel that my AddIn is running within. I want to turn off ScreenUpdating while doing modifications within the current worksheet. In VS2010 for an Excel 2010 AddIn, this could simply be done by:
Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ScreenUpdating = false;
However, this is no longer possible in VS2015 for an Excel 2013 AddIn.

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