Copy the OfficeWriter Designer install files to the client machine. There are several places to get the OfficeWriterDesinger-Installer-8.#.#.msi:
C:\Program Files\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter
.1. Check that your system meets System Requirements for the OfficeWriter Designer. This includes a 32-bit version of Office 2007 or later with appropriate service packs and security patches, MS Query, and VBA.
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 to begin the OfficeWriter Designer installation.
5. Read the End-User license agreement.
6. Select the Destination Folder. This installer will unpack some samples of pre-designed reports and the Designer installation source files.
The OfficeWriter Designer can be run on 64-bit or 32-bit systems, but will unpack the samples and install files under the 32-bit version of Program Files: |
7. Select whether to install the OfficeWriter Designer Add-In for Excel, Word or both. If the installer detects that either Excel or Word is not installed on the machine, you will not have the option to install the Add-In for the missing application.
8. The OfficeWriter Designer installer requires administrative privileges to register a few components used by the Add-In. You will be prompted for administrative credentials before the installation can complete.
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. |
Key |
Type |
Value Description |
---|---|---|
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 and c:\temp\ResponseDump.xml correspondingly. *"False"* - Disables SOAP request and response dump. (default) |
No Overwrite Prompt |
REG_DWORD |
1 - Don't prompt to overwrite RDL file in Save As dialog. *0* - Prompt to overwrite RDL file in Save As dialog. (default) |
Validate Fields |
REG_DWORD |
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 |
SamplesDir |
REG_SZ |
Path to the root or samples (RDL) directory. Default value is C:\Program Files\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer\samples |
InstallDir |
REG_SZ |
Path to install directory. C:\Program Files\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\Designer |
WordUseOpenFileMRU |
REG_DWORD |
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. |
Key |
Type |
Value |
Value Description |
---|---|---|---|
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 |