Making OfficeWriter available to your applications
Once you've installed OfficeWriter, the next step is to make OfficeWriter available to your .NET applications. There are two approaches:
- Make OfficeWriter available to a single application
- Make OfficeWriter available for all applications on machine
Method #1: Adding OfficeWriter to a specific application
- At the top level of your application, create a directory call bin.
- Copy SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll or SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.dll from the install directory to your application's bin directory.
If you are using Visual Studio .NET:
- Right-click the project name in the Solution Explorer and choose Add Reference.
- Click Browse and navigate to C:\Program Files\SoftArtisans\OfficeWriter\bin.
- Choose Softartisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll or SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.dll and click Open.
- Click OK.
Method #2: Making OfficeWriter available to all applications on a machine
Step 1: Install OfficeWriter in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC)
These instructions can be used for installing SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll or SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.dll in the GAC; remember to change 'ExcelWriter' to 'WordWriter' if you want to install SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.dll instead of ExcelWriter:
- Open a command prompt window and move to the directory OfficeWriter\bin\dotnet20\.
# Enter gacutil /i SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.ExcelWriter.dll.
# Open the file machine.config (in [Windows directory]\Microsoft.NET\Framework[.NET version directory]\CONFIG).
Step 2: Reference the copy of OfficeWriter in the GAC in machine.config or web.config
Add the following line to the assemblies node of machine.config:
OR
Create a text file containing the following lines, and save it as web.config. Save web.config at the top level of your application.