OfficeWriter is available in two different editions, built to produce real Excel spreadsheets and Word documents, for both standard and enterprise reporting applications.

With OfficeWriter Standard Edition, the following tasks can be achieved.

a)     Open and populate existing reports

b)     Update charts and formulas

c)     Security with macros

d)     Reporting Services designed and rendered

The Standard Edition always needs a template file to work with. So, you cannot create an Excel file without having a template file. If you want to create a new Excel file based on the output of a database table, then you need to have a template file with corresponding markers. OfficeWriter Standard edition is for high-volume Office applications that do not require runtime control of intricate Excel and Word features.

Enterprise Edition supports all the features of Standard Edition, and the following:

a)     Create new reports programmatically

b)     Modify file formats and styles

c)     Read data from Excel files

d)     Construct charts and formulas

One of the richest features available in Enterprise Edition is its HotCell Technology. HotCell Technology and OfficeWriter Assistant provide a live connect back to a server-side data source directly from an Excel spreadsheet or Word document. It uses VBA code embedded in the spreadsheet or document on the client to communicate with code running on a remote Web server. In the case of OfficeWriter for Excel, the VBA code detects when changes have been made to worksheet cells. The value of each modified cell is then submitted to the server to update the data source. HotCell Technology is supported only in the Enterprise edition.

The above-mentioned features are only a few of the complete features supported by the Standard and Enterprise Editions.

Report Design Made Simple

Reporting Services reports can now be designed by end users directly in Microsoft Excel and Word, avoiding report design tools, like Visual Studio .NET, that are unfamiliar to business users. After creating your reports with the OfficeWriter Designer--a freely-distributed client side toolbar--there is no need to switch from Microsoft Office to a browser to generate reports. The OfficeWriter Designer generates true Reporting Services reports (RDL files) but, unlike Reporting Services’ Excel output, all Excel features are preserved by OfficeWriter.

Without OfficeWriter, Reporting Services cannot deliver reports in Microsoft Word format. Documents rendered by OfficeWriter preserve all of the Word features contained in the user’s existing Word template.

SQL Server Reporting Services integration is packaged with OfficeWriter Enterprise Edition. OfficeWriter Standard Edition includes limited Reporting Services integration functionality. There are no per-user costs with OfficeWriter. It is licensed per server CPU.

Developer Editions

OfficeWriterEE Developer offers the same functionality as OfficeWriter Enterprise Edition, but is limited to only a single report created at one time, which is typical of the development environment. Other restrictions may apply. (Pricing is $299 per development server/workstation.)

OfficeWriterSE Developer offers the same functionality as OfficeWriterSE, but is limited to only a single report created at one time. Other restrictions may apply. (Pricing is $99 per development server/workstation.)

Evaluation Editions

OfficeWriterFREE edition provides similar functionality to OfficeWriterSE, but is limited to 500 rows per worksheet (Excel) and 1 row per data source (Word). Every workbook and document contains a worksheet or document page with a SoftArtisans OfficeWriter advertisement

OfficeWriter Enterprise Edition Evaluation is the expiring evaluation of the full server edition of OfficeWriter Enterprise Edition. Contact SoftArtisans to receive the full evaluation of OfficeWriter Enterprise Edition.