OfficeWriter Designer

Automatic Installation

Manual Installation

1. Copy the OfficeWriter Designer install files to the client machine. There are several places to get the OfficeWriterDesinger-Installer-8.#.#.msi:

• Option 1: The OfficeWriter Designer installer is included in the installation file for server-side component of OfficeWriter. It should be located under C:\Program Files\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter.

• Option 2: The latest version of the OfficeWriter Desinger installer is also available separately for download on the Officewriter website.

• 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.

Manually Installing OfficeWriter for Reporting Services

To install OfficeWriter the first time, run the automatic installation. Once the OfficeWriter installer has unpacked the dll files that contain OfficeWriter, you can re-install OfficeWriter manually (for example, if you are moving OfficeWriter to a different server):

1. Make sure that the following are installed on the server:
   #* Microsoft .NET Framework Redistributable version 2.0 (or later)
   #* MS Reporting Services 2005 or 2008
   # Copy the following files to <MSSQL Directory>\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin
   • SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.RS2005.dll (for Reporting Services 2005) or SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.RS2008.dll (for Reporting Services 2008)
   • SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.dll
   • SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll .
     # Run LicenseManager.exe to install the OfficeWriterEE or OfficeWriterSE key.
     # Modify the RSReportServer.config file in <MSSQL Directory>\Reporting Services\ReportServer. Copy the following report rendering extension declaration to the file's <Render> node:
     For Reporting Services 2005:

For Reporting Services 2008:

1. Modify the rssrvpolicy.config file in <MSSQL Directory>\Reporting Services\ReportServer. Add the following security trust codegroup to the file's <CodeGroup> node:
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   You will likely already have the "FirstMatchCodeGroup" CodeGroup element in your Render node. You should only need to copy the innermost CodeGroup element (Name="SoftArtisans_OfficeWriter_Strong_Name").

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   The PublicKeyBlob value should be in one line. When you copy the lines above to rssrvpolicy.config, remove the line breaks within the PublicKeyBlob.

2. To install the samples, upload the RDL files in OfficeWriter\ReportingServices\Samples to the Reporting Server using Report Manager.

Manually Installing the OfficeWriter Designer

#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.

1. 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.
  • Double-click the key you want to update. A dialog will open.
  • In the Value Data field, enter a new value for the key.

To change an OfficeWriter ServerMRU (most recently used servers) registry key value:

1. Open the Start menu and select Run.
   # Enter regedit and click Ok.
   # Open the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer\ServerMRU.
   # Double click the key you want to update. An dialog will open.
   # In the Value Data field, enter a new value for the key.