This binary file contains information regarding the position and visibility of all custom

toolbars
and custom menu bars, plus modifications that youve made to built-in toolbars or
menu bars.

Add-In Files

An add-in is essentially an Excel workbook file with a few important differences:

The workbooks IsAddin property is True which means that it can be loaded and
unloaded by using the Add-Ins dialog box.
The workbook is hidden and cannot be unhidden by the user. Consequently, an addin is
never the active workbook.
When using VBA, the add-in workbook is not part of the Workbooks collection.
Access the Add-Ins dialog box by choosing FileExcel Options. Click the Add-Ins tab,
select Excel Add-Ins from the Manage list, and click Go. If youve set up Excel to display
the Developer tab, you can also use DeveloperAdd-InsAddins. Or (easiest of all),
just press Alt+TI, a handy key combination leftover from Excel 2003.

Many add-ins provide new features or functions to Excel. You can access these new
features as if
they were built into the product.
You can create your own add-ins from workbook files. In fact, creating add-ins is the
preferred
method of distributing some types of Excel applications. Excel 2010 add-ins have an
XLAM
extension by default.
Besides XLAM add-ins, Excel supports XLL add-ins and COM add-ins. These types
of add-ins are created using software other than Excel. This book discusses only XLAM
add-ins.
Chapter 21 covers the topic of add-ins in detail.