Apps

class Apps(impl)

A collection of all app objects:

>>> import xlwings as xw
>>> xw.apps
Apps([<Excel App 1668>, <Excel App 1644>])

property active: App | None

Returns the active app.

Added in version 0.9.0.

add(**kwargs)

Creates a new App. The new App becomes the active one. Returns an App object.

cleanup()

Removes Excel zombie processes (Windows-only). Note that this is automatically called with App.quit() and App.kill() and when the Python interpreter exits.

Added in version 0.30.2.

property count: int

Returns the number of apps.

Added in version 0.9.0.

keys()

Provides the PIDs of the Excel instances that act as keys in the Apps collection.

Added in version 0.13.0.