Below are a list of added features and bug fixes that are incorporated for each minor and major build of OfficeWriter.

Versions

OfficeWriter 8.1.2

ExcelWriter, WordWriter, Reporting Services, Installer, License Key Manager

Issues Resolved

• OfficeWriter 8 was not FIPS compliant, which prevented installing or running OfficeWriter 8 on FIPS-enabled machines. This fix has been applied to all OfficeWriter 8 components.

OfficeWriter 8.1.1

No changes were made to ExcelWriter or WordWriter for 8.1.1.

Reporting Services Integration

Issues Resolved

• The OfficeWriter Designer 8.1.0 installer required VB6 (for Office 2007) to be installed. The OfficeWriter Designer 8.1.1 installer requires etiher VB6 (Office 2007) or VB7 (Office 2010) to be installed.

OfficeWriter 8.1

ExcelWriter

Features Added

• Axis.LinkedtoSource and SeriesDataLabel.LinkedToSource for ExcelApplication
• Improved support for tables in OOXML files for ExcelApplication

Issues Resolved

Template Object

• No exception thrown when rows of imported data exceeds file format limit
• Cultures with different thousand separators cause corrupt output in OOXML files
• Rows pushed down when using pivot tables in OOXML files

Application Object

• Getting a data label for a data point puts x-axis values in chart legend
• Deleting a row with conditional formatting causes a file error in Excel 2007/2010
• Hyperlink.Href returns null value instead of a valid link
• Exception thrown if chart legend has a background fill

The following fixes apply only to OOXML files:

• SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.XMLModel at index does not exist exception thrown
• Unable to create hyperlinks in a merged area adjacent to another merged area
• Workbook.UseRCFormulaNotation always returned false

WordWriter

Features Added

• Ability to unlink IF fields in OOXML files after they are evaluated by WordTemplate with WordTemplate.UnlinkIFFields

Issues Resolved

• Table.InsertRows takes the formatting from the first row of the table
• WordTemplate image modifier does not scale images correctly in OOXML files

Reporting Services Integration

Features Added

• New ribbon design for Office 2007/2010 in Excel and Word
• OfficeWriter Designer support for Office 2010
• Redesigned and improved installer for the OfficeWriter Designer

Issues Resolved

• Designer in Excel hangs when previewing reports after changing multiple parameter values

OfficeWriter 8.0

Installer

• Redesigned and improved kit for installing .NET, Reporting Services, and SharePoint solutions on 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

ExcelWriter

Features Added

• Complete support for Excel 2007/2010 (XLSX) file formats with ExcelApplication

Issues Resolved

• Deleting the last remaining worksheet in a Workbook throws an exception on call to Save instead of on Delete
• Passing a non-seekable Stream object to a method when creating a picture will throw an exception
• Merged cells next to data markers on adjacent rows causes corrupt output
• License Manager tool displays popup twice when upgrading OfficeWriter key
• ExcelWriter allowed setting of invalid font sizes, which resulted in warnings in Excel 2010
• Incorrect default character width ysed for default font

WordWriter

Features Added

• Ability to include arbitrary RTF or HTML documents in merge fields with WordTemplate

Reporting Services Integration

There were no changes to the core Reporting Services Integration for OfficeWriter 8.0.

OfficeWriter 4.6.1

ExcelWriter 7.6.1

WordWriter 4.6.1

Reporting Services Integration 4.6.1

OfficeWriter 4.6

ExcelWriter 7.6

WordWriter 4.6

Reporting Services Integration 4.6

OfficeWriter 4.5.1

ExcelWriter 7.5.1

WordWriter 4.5.1

Reporting Services Integration 4.5.1

OfficeWriter 4.5

ExcelWriter 7.5

WordWriter 4.5

Reporting Services Integration 4.5

OfficeWriter 4.1

ExcelWriter 7.1

WordWriter 4.1

Reporting Services Integration 4.1

OfficeWriter 4.0

ExcelWriter 7.0

WordWriter 4.0

Reporting Services Integration 4.0