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OfficeWriter Designer
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Automatic Installation
. Copy the OfficeWriter Designer install files to the client machine. There are several places to get the OfficeWriterDesinger-Installer-8.#.#.msi
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- Option
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- The
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- OfficeWriter
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- Designer
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- installer
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- is
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- included
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- in
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- the
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- installation
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- file
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- for
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- server-side
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- component
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- of
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- OfficeWriter.
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- It
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- should
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- be
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- located
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- under
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C:\Program
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Files\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter
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- Option 2:
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- The
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- latest
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- version
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- of
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- the
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- OfficeWriter
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- Desinger
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- installer
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- also
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- available
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- separately
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- for
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- download
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- on
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- If evaluating: A link to download the OfficeWriter Designer separately is provided in the evaluation e-mail.
2. Close all Microsoft Office applications.
3. If there are previous versions of the Designer installed, make sure to uninstall the OfficeWriter Designer through Add/Remove programs or Programs and Features.
4. Double-click OfficeWriterDesigner-Installer.msi and follow the instructions.
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Manual Installation
#Run the automatic installation on one machine in order to unpack the OfficeWriter Designer files. After these files have been unpacked, you can install the OfficeWriter Designer manually on other machines
# Close all Microsoft Office applications.
# Open a command prompt window and move to the directory OfficeWriter\Designer. For example, enter cd C:\Program Files\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer.
# Enter regsvr32 SARS8CLT.dll. A dialog box will inform you that SARS8CLT.dll registered successfully; click Ok.
# Enter regsvr32 OWAssist.dll. A dialog box will inform you that OWAssist.dll registered successfully; click Ok.
# Enter regsvr32 XFClient.dll. A dialog box will inform you that XFClient.dll registered successfully; click Ok.
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The Application Data folder is hidden by default. In order to show hidden folders, open a Windows Explorer window and go to Tools. Select Folder Options, then select the View tab. Under Hidden files and folders, check the radio button beside Show hidden files and folders. |
- Copy SAWordTemplateAddIn.dotm from OfficeWriter\Designer to
%appdata%\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP.
# Copy SAExcelTemplateAddIn.xlam from OfficeWriter\Designer to
%appdata%\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART.
# Create the Registry Key settings as described below.
- To change an OfficeWriter Designer registry key value:
- Open the Start menu and select Run.
- Enter regedit and click Ok.
- Open the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer
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- Double-click
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- update.
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Key | Type | Value Description |
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Toolbar Caption Style | REG_DWORD | 1 - Icon only *2* - Caption only *3* - Icon and caption (default) |
Enable MSQuery | REG_DWORD | 0 - Disable 'Add Query', 'Edit Query' and 'Delete Query' buttons. (default) *1* - Enable 'Add Query', 'Edit Query' and 'Delete Query' buttons. |
Always Ask Param Values | REG_DWORD | 0 - Don't ask for parameter values in reports with parameters if valid default values are specified in the RDL file. *1* - Always ask for parameter values in reports with parameters, even if valid default values are specified in the RDL file. (default) |
Excel AddIn Default Renderer | REG_SZ | Rendering extension used for viewing report without template in Excel Add-In. "EXCEL" is default. |
Word AddIn Default Renderer | REG_SZ | Rendering extension used for viewing report without template in Word Add-In. "HTML4.0" is default. |
Debug | REG_SZ | "True" - Enables SOAP request and response dump to c:\temp\PayloadDump.xml |
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c:\temp\ResponseDump.xml |
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*"False"* |
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Disables |
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SOAP |
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request |
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response |
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dump. |
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(default) |
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Overwrite |
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Prompt |
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REG_DWORD |
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1 - Don't |
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prompt |
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to |
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overwrite |
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RDL |
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file |
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in |
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Save |
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dialog. |
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*0* |
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overwrite |
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RDL |
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Save |
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(default) |
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Validate |
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Fields |
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REG_DWORD |
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1 - Validate that each template data field has a field in the data source that binds to it. Generates error on "Save" on the client instead of error on "View" on the server. *0* - Don't validate that each template data field has a field in the data source that binds to it. (default) | ||
Hide Enterprise Features | REG_DWORD | 1 - Hides Insert Formula drop-down. *0* - Shows Insert Formula drop-down (default) |
No Enterprise Features Warning | REG_DWORD | 1 - Disables Enterprise Feature warning. *0* - Enables Enterprise Feature warning. (default) |
Help File Path | REG_SZ | Path to chm file. Default value is C:\WINDOWS\Help\OfficeWriterRS.chm |
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SamplesDir | REG_SZ |
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Path |
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to |
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root |
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samples |
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(RDL) |
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directory. |
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value |
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C:\Program |
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Files\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer\samples |
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InstallDir | REG_SZ |
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Path |
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to |
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install |
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directory. |
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C:\Program |
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Files\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer |
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WordUseOpenFileMRU | REG_DWORD |
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0 - Use SampleDir once, then switch to 1 *1* - Use last opened dir (default) *2* - Always use SampleDir | ||
ExcelUseOpenFileMRU | REG_DWORD | 0 - Use SampleDir once, then switch to 1 *1* - Use last opened dir (default) *2* - Always use SampleDir |
ServerMRU | Subkey | Keeps a list of most recently used (MRU) servers. |
To change an OfficeWriter ServerMRU (most recently used servers) registry key value:
- Open the Start menu and select Run.
# Enter regedit and click Ok.
# Open the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer\ServerMRU
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Maximum Entries | REG_DWORD | optional, \default - 10 | Maximum entries in MRU list. Entries at the bottom of the list are removed to accommodate new server URLs. |
MRU# | REG_SZ | Server URL (full) | http://<servername>/ReportServer |
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