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parse and publish aspx url

sachinpawan — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:44:44 GMT

hi all,

i am quite new to .net , i have one wordpress blog which is in php. from one company i got aspx url, which is to be published in my blog.

i dont know how to parse it and publish in my blog....please help me in this regard

url format follows...

http://195.39.xxx.xxx:8085/Default.aspx

with best regards

pa1

(the guy from the company quoted that

"This is a RSS feed [or] in other words this url writes an xml to the stream .You must be aware of http request and response , please the invoke the URL and capture the http response which is an xml , then parse it and display it on your website ")

Looking for a high level review of my OpenXML project to see if I am on a path that can get me there, and if so, how?

sblalock — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:19:40 GMT

For the official moderators and those that like to play moderator, this post is looking for a high level review of my problem (platform, technologies, techniques, etc) and possible solutions. It is looking for recomentations on code samples, technuqies, whitepapers, etc. It is concerning a project using VB.Net (or C#), ASP.Net, IIS, Windows Server, Visual Studio, HTML, OpenXML, OpenXML-SDK, and MS-Excel. I am willing to consider, "this should be in whatever, whatever" but please make it relevant and not just "let's get this out of our queue".

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This is a design problem / brain teaser for all the Architect minded folks in the community. For those that expend the time to at least read this document, I thank you. For those that read, consider and share their opinions, I am humble by your dedication to helping others and I am most appreciative.

I have a conversion project for a client that has painted me into a corner and I am hoping there is someone out there with the knowledge and expertise to help me.

Should you choose to accept this assignment.... <cue music>

The requirements are fixed, so the suggestion to just use a different language, web webserver, commercial component, etc will be considered, however will most likely be discounted as a no solution. Please do not misunderstand, I am open to new ideas and certainly open to any help you may be able to provide: code samples, white papers, articles, etc which relate, however part of the problem is meeting the clients requirements. Even I, the lowly programmer, most likely could solve this problem if I were allowed to change the requirements and the environment. Any changes to the requirements will need to be justified as "the only way to solve the problem."

Requirements/Goals:

* Native code/components. No commercial components please. Solutions using open source components will be considered.
* Thin Client / Browser based (IE is standard)
* IIS WebServer running on Windows Server.
* If submitting or referring to samples/solutions, VB.Net/Asp.Net preferred, however I can translate C#

Problem:

Convert a desktop vb6 client/server program using Office Automation to a ASP.Net thin client application. The program reads two Spreadsheets (one with static design elements, calculations and cells/text boxes which are populated with data from the DB and one with named ranges containing drawings) and merges all this onto a spreadsheet which is persisted to the Server HD for archive, and then needs to be displayed to the user. Of course in the client/server world, displaying was done with launching Excel, however in the websrver/browser world, the document needs to be rendered as HTML and sent back across the HTTP pipe to the clients browser (rendered as close to the spreadsheet as possible). EXCEL WILL NOT BE ON THE CLIENT MACHINE, so the output must come down to the browser as HTML.

Notes:

1). Excel is the preferred way of maintaining the templates with the design and calculations on it. Unless there is a significantly better option, Excel will continue to be used.

2). Excel is the preferred way of maintaining the drawings, HOWEVER, if there is a significantly better option, we can flatten these drawings making them JPEGs/etc and use them as Images rather than Drawings.

3). MS Web components 2010 ran out of support this year, so we wish to stay away from it. The notice on Technet says to use other technologies, however I did not see a suggestion as to what that may be.

4). MS and most of the forums strongly suggest that we do not use Office Automation on the server side, so we would like to adhere to that.

5). The information, samples, blogs, VCasts from Eric White is great stuff and he is working on great things to improve the area of OpenXML-SDK, however I do not think I have found any of his stuff which exacly helps me. I may be wrong. Along this vein, I have been working on these issues for a while. You doing a quick Google and pointing me to the first link in the top 10 that looks interesting, is not going to do it.

Progress:

Here is what I have done and here is where my problems have been:

Effort: I started going down the path of converting the spreadsheets to OpenXML and using the OpenXML-SDK to merge the spreadsheets and to pull the data from he DB and populate certain cells and text boxes. This went well however...

Roadblock: Copying the drawings from one spreadsheet to another using the OpenXML-SDK has turned into an issue which is out on 3-4 forums with no results. It is currently being considered my a MS Technician (for the last week) as a MSDN help ticket, but I do not have faith that this will go far as the technician has been very quiet so far. The OpenXML-SDK and the current sample code / articles in the community seems to be lacking when dealing with moving Drawing Components.

Roadblock: Using OpenXml-SDK to convert the OpenXML to HTML to be sent back though the web server to the users browser has become a roadblock. Of course in the world where Office Automation is available, HTML and PDF are available as SaveAs types, however so far I have found the OpenXML-SDK, Samples code, Articles all to be lacking in this area as well. The OpenXML is a structured multi file format with style, pictures, data all intermingled in a fair involved way. Simply "sending the XML" across the wire is not an option. The OpenXML Document needs to be rendered into HTML with structure, style and data all encoded in the markup. Since design and structure is handled in the Excel Document, we do not with to have to change style and layout on the client side though CSS.

Questions:

1). So, is there a better approach?

2). Am I missing some Components / Samples / Techniques / Articles which could help me get my current solution implemented (namely the copying of Drawings from one spreadsheet to another, AND the rendering of the OpenXML document as a HTML Document)?

3). How would you do this?

4). Am I the only one tired of American Politics and the election season?

If you ave made it this far, thank you. You are obviously not the kind of person looking to just drop the quick "You should be able to..." type comment. I do appreciate your effort so far, and if you can help, I will be even more appreciative.

Aspose.Newsletter February 2012 Edition is out Now

aspose_seo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:57:54 GMT

Aspose Newsletter for February 2012 has now been published that highlights all the newly supported features offered in the recent releases of its JasperReports exporters, SQL Server rendering extensions, .NET, Java & SharePoint components. This month’s technical article shows performing OCR with Aspose.OCR for .NET & a migration tip for extracting messages from a PST file with Aspose.Email for .NET. A video tutorial for creating Code3128 barcode and set its background color using Aspose.BarCode.

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Product Spotlight – Aspose.Diagram for .NET

Aspose.Diagram is a class library for working with MS Visio files & is a pure .NET alternate for MS Visio Object Model.It enables developers to work with VSD & VDX files on ASP.NET web applications, web services & Windows applications. It makes use of the advanced functionality of Visio's services to manipulate Visio docs on a server. Developer can open files & manipulate the elements of the diagram, from lines and fills, to more complex elements, and then export to native Visio formats or XML. Click here to download the latest release of Aspose.Diagram for .NET

Technical Article – Performing OCR with Aspose.OCR for .NET

Aspose.OCR for .NET (and Java, too) gives software developers a tool for incorporating optical character recognition in their applications. This article explains how to get started and performing OCR on an image. For more links and information about Aspose.OCR, check out our Facebook fan page. Every month, we’ll post links there that help you get more out of our products. Click here to read the complete article.

Updates about new product releases

Aspose.Total for .NET – a compilation of our latest .NET products.
Aspose.Cells for .NET 7.1.0 –supports conditional formatting for pivot tables, converting work sheets to SVG and introducing a number of enhancements.
Aspose.Words for .NET – our monthly Aspose.Words release.
Aspose.Pdf for .NET 6.6.0 –introduces PDf to PDF/A or PDF/A-1a conversion, PDF portfolio, CGM to PDF conversion and a number of other enhancements.
Aspose.Slides for .NET 5.8.0 –resolves a number of issues, from exceptions when working with PPTX files to charts being excluded from PDF output.
Aspose.BarCode for .NET 4.5.0 – adds support for Windows Phone 7, saving barcode to EMF stream and Singapore Post 4-State barcode.
Aspose.Tasks for .NET 4.0.0: – supports changing task progress and adds a number of other improvements.
Aspose.Diagram for .NET 1.8.0 – allows you to set page size when rendering TIFFs and ads layout shapes to compact tree and flowchart diagrams.
Aspose.Imaging for .NET 1.3.0 – allows you to resize images.
Aspose.Email for .NET 1.3.0 – introduces a number of new features, including auto-detecting email format and support for EMLX.
Aspose.Total for Java – a compilation of our latest Java products.
Aspose.Cells for Java 7.1.0 – adds a number of enhancements and fixes.
Aspose.Words for Java – our monthly Aspose.Words release.
Aspose.Email for Java 1.2.0 – improves MSG to EML conversion, gives access to default folders and allows you to remove an item from a PST file.
Aspose.OCR for Java 1.1.0– adds support for more fonts.
Aspose.Total for SharePoint – a compilation of our latest SharePoint products.
Aspose.Total for Reporting Services – a compilation of our latest Reporting Services products.
Aspose.Cells for SSRS 1.8.0: - adds support for protecting workbooks and worksheets as well as filters and other optimizations and fixes.
Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services 4.0.0- improves performance and adds another few fixes.
Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services 4.5.0 - adds support for Singapore Post 4-State barcodes and fixes an issue with licenses.
Aspose.Total for JasperReports – a compilation of our latest JasperReports products.
Aspose.Cells for JasperReports 1.1.1 – hotfix that fixes a couple of issues.

Tutorial Video –Using Aspose.BarCode for Java

SAspose.BarCode for Java makes it easy to read and create barcodes in Java applications. Many aspects of the barcode can be controlled. This tutorial shows how to create a Code3128 barcode and set the foreground, background and code text colors as well as other attributes. The video is just under 5 minutes long. Click below to watch the Video about creating a Code3128 barcode.

Migration Tip –Extracting messages from a PST file with Aspose.Email for .NET

One way of extracting messages from PST files in Microsoft Outlook is to use Microsoft Automation. For it to work, you need Outlook installed on the machine that the code runs on and you need to reference Microsoft Office Interop for Outlook. The other way is to use Aspose.Email for .NET. You can find the complete details here.

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Generate Reports Easily Using Templater Library for .Net and Java

Askade — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:54 GMT

Description:

Templater is a library that facilitates creating reports. Main advantage of Templater is that report templates are documents created using Office-like editor.

Main features:

Report templates are documents – create and design report templates using your favorite editor (e.g. Word, Excel etc.) and add tags as text, e.g. [[NAME_SURNAME]], [[MONTHLY_SALE]].
Tags will be replaced with actual data during runtime through .Net/Java.
NO additional plug-ins are required!
One method API is easily mastered in matter of minutes.
Templater supports various data types as well property/method navigation – navigate fields and invoke methods without arguments and use dot operator to select object properties.
Reasonable price.

Usage:

Video demonstration can be found on templater.info website or by following link youtu.be/V1QuEm5UaFo.

Templater is not a mere mail-merge library, but can be used to create both simple and complex reports. Although it is not a substitute for OfficeOpenXml SDK or other similar tools, it is more than sufficient for creating complete reports in most cases:

Generating reports and document
Generating invoices, proposals etc.
Aggregating data in Excel for later analysis
Filling out forms.

There are three license versions available:

Free
Standard
Enterprise.

If you have any questions regarding Templater feel free to contact us via info@templater.info or comment below. We’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Useful links:

Templater homepage: templater.info
Usage examples: templater.info/documents
Download and samples: templater.info/downloads
Purchase: templater.info/buy

Docentric - The Document Generation and Reporting toolkit for .NET

Jure.L — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:41:00 GMT

A powerful and easy to use MS Word Document Generation toolkit for .NET applications

Docentric is an MS Word document generation and reporting toolkit for .NET applications. It allows the .NET developers to incorporate MS Word document creation capabilities into any type of a .NET application without the need of Microsoft Word being installed on a machine running the application.

In the heart of the toolkit lies the Docentric Report Engine in the form of a 100% managed .NET library and based on Open XML. But the toolkit also features a powerful, logical and simple to use Add-In for MS Word used to design report templates. The templates are later processed and merged with data using the Docentric Report Engine from a .NET application.

Features:

Create reports in the form of MS Word document
Report engine is completely independent of MS Word
100% .NET native, no COM
Design report templates in MS Word with the help of Docentric's Add-In
.NET Report engine for generating MS Word documents
Use .Net Objects or XML as data sources
Multi-Pass Report Generation
Templates can be also authored by non-developers
Report templating supports multiple sections, headers and footers, nested tables, charts and much more
Can be used in any type of .NET application, on client or server side
Royalty free

In case you want to learn more about the product:

Aspose.Newsletter February 2011 Edition is out now

sherazam — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:07:19 GMT

Aspose Newsletter for February 2011 has now been published that highlights all the newly supported features offered in the recent releases of its JasperReports exporters, SQL Server rendering extensions, .NET, Java & SharePoint components. This month’s technical article explains how to work with email messages from within SharePoint application.  Also a demo for configuring Aspose.Pdf for JasperReports with JasperServer & how to produce charts in Excel programmatically, in the technical tip section.

Product Spotlight – Aspose.Network for SharePoint

We are proud to announce a brand new product in our SharePoint family. Aspose.Network for SharePoint brings Aspose's powerful email conversion and synchronization features to the SharePoint platform. Use Aspose.Network for SharePoint to import EML and MSG files and export to message or text formats. Or use it to sync emails from SharePoint's custom list of emails with POP3, IMAP or Microsoft Exchange Server. Other features like; extraction of attachments from email, and FTP servers with SSL are also supported. Download Free Trial of Aspose.Network for SharePoin

Technical Article – Synchronizing emails with Gmail using Aspose.Network for SharePoint

Aspose.Network for SharePoint is a new product which allows you to work with email messages from within your own SharePoint applications. To illustrate its synchronization features, this article walks you through how to synchronize emails from Gmail with SharePoint's custom list of emails.  Click below to read the complete article.

Updates about new product releases

Aspose.Total for .NET 5.2.2 - a compilation of our latest .NET products.

Aspose.Words for .NET 9.6.0 – adds text-wrapping around shapes, new export to SWF features and a host of fixes and features.

Aspose.Cells for .NET 5.2.2 – supports exporting table styles to PDF, enhances ODS file management and includes a number of fixes.

Aspose.Pdf for .NET 4.9.0 – adds vertical text for graph notes, different repeating row styles, validation, custom calculation and more.

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET 5.2.0 – improved image rendering and extraction, text replacement, form filling and more.

Aspose.Network for .NET 6.0.0 – adds SFTP support and improves a couple of properties and classes.

Aspose.Flash for .NET 3.5.0 – fixes a number of SWF to image rendering issues.

Aspose.Report for .NET 3.3.0 – adds support for setting the width and height of the rules list box in CSS.

Aspose.Total for Java – a compilation of the latest of our Java products.

Aspose.Cells for Java 2.5.0 – adds support for XLSB files and a number of improvements and enhancements.

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java 3.7.0 – adds feature to replace text in a rectangle and some fixes.

Aspose.Total for Reporting Services – a compilation of our latest Reporting Services products.

Aspose.Words for Reporting Services 3.4.0 – adds support for MS SQL Server 2008 R2 RS and the Gauge item.

Aspose.Total for JasperReports – a compilation of our latest JasperReports products.

Aspose.Cells for JasperReports 1.1.1 – contains a couple of fixes.

Aspose.BarCode for JasperReports 1.4.0 – adds full support for UCC/EAN14 (SCC-14) barcodes, word wrap for captions and VIN barcode generation.

Aspose.Pdf for JasperReports 1.0.0: – welcome our latest product in our JasperReports family! Export editable and high-fidelity PDF documents from JasperReports.

Aspose.Total for SharePoint – welcome our new Aspose.Total product, a compilation of our latest SharePoint products.

Aspose.Words for SharePoint 2.1.0 :– adds improvements our customers have asked for and a number of fixes.

Aspose.Network for SharePoint 1.0.0: – welcome a new product to our SharePoint family! Aspose.Network adds email synchronization and SSL support for IMAP, POP3 and MS Exchange server.

Tutorial Video – Configuring Aspose.Pdf for JasperReports for use with JasperServer

This tutorial video shows how to configure the brand new product Aspose.Pdf for JasperReports for use with JasperServer by editing XML files on the JasperServer server. It also shows how to apply the Aspose.Pdf for JasperReports licence file. Finally, the video shows how to export a report using Aspose.Pdf for JasperReports. The video is just under 10 minutes long. Click below to watch Video

Migration Tip – Creating a Pie Chart with Aspose.Cells for .NET

Do you need to produce charts in Excel programmatically? There is more than one way to achieve this task: you can use VSTO or you can use Aspose.Cells. This migration tip shows both methods using C# and VB. The scenario creates a file, populates it with data and then adds a chart to the workbook. The same process can be used for other chart types too. Read the migration tip here.

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Document automation without coding - TDIWiz 1.2 released

friedrichsklenar — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:17:47 GMT

TDIWiz is a tool which enables to get even demanding document automation solutions within hours instead of days or weeks without coding.

Documents are created by populating predefined templates with current data. Design and test of templates occur in the familiar environment and with the functionality of MS Word.

The essential new functionalities of version 1.2:

> Text modules
> New Administration AddIn
> WordprocessingDocument object may be specified directly as template for TDIWiz processing

www.tdiwiz.com

Automate document creation without coding

friedrichsklenar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:34:38 GMT

TDIWiz (Text-Data-Integration-Wizard) offers surely the easiest, fastest and most affordable way to create Word documents without utilizing Word and without the need of programming. New documents or emails are created by populating templates with current data. The templates may be designed under assistance of TDIWiz administration in the familiar enviroment and with the functionality of MS Word.

Document creation is based on 4 major functionalities:

Automatic mapping of input data
Repeating document ranges to map multiple data (may be nested to map even hierarchical data automatically)
Conditional document ranges enable to define various document variants in only one template
“Programmed” contents via procedures to cover even special tasks (e.g. calculations)

The recently released TDIWiz 1.1 is characterized especially by a new, extended licensing system:

With the new Developer license you may “sign” templates in order to deploy them for license-free use! And TDIWiz LITE provides the opportunity to use TDIWiz with reduced functionality free of charge (e.g. server-side creation of serial letters).

Get to know the essential functionalities of TDIWiz by viewing our demo videos.

Friedrich Sklenar

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Exporting SWF & FLV format reports in SSRS 2005 and 2008

aspose_seo — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:07:57 GMT

What’s new in this new product release?

Aspose.Flash for Reporting Services is a new product added in its reporting services products family. It enables you to export Flash SWF and FLV format reports in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Reporting Services.

More about Aspose.Flash for Reporting Services

Aspose.Flash for Reporting Services is a robust .NET solution allowing you to export Flash SWF and FLV format reports in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Reporting Services. It can also be integrated with Microsoft Report Viewer control. Aspose.Flash for Reporting Services is the ideal product for anyone looking to generate SWF and FLV reports in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.

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Windward Reports is the solution for Open XML document generation and reporting

adamm — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:06:18 GMT

Windward Reports: Utilizing the Power of Java and .NET

Overview

You don't need expensive software or complicated layout tools for business reporting and document generation. With Windward Reports' robust, enterprise-level Java/J2EE and .NET reporting engine, your company can produce reports and documents that convey critical, up-to-date business information in a visually impressive format.

Target Users

Companies producing vital reports, documents, mail merge files and other business intelligence need a secure, powerful way to access their data.

Use cases include:

Full-featured reporting with sophisticated scheduling

Robust document generation, content management and document production

Simple-to-use mail merge centered on the Microsoft Word user interface

Powerful dashboards that non-programmers can create effortlessly

Effective business intelligence that increases company efficiency

What The Windward Reports Engine Enables:

A Complete Reporting System

A reporting system encompasses the processes of designing, generating and distributing reports. Reports are simply ways to present data and include items such as invoices, inventory tallies, financial statements, insurance policies, customer account summaries, product usage reports, and even certificates and letters.

Reporting Functionality

Design

Generation

Sharing

Automation

Scheduling

Reporting Uses

Create up-to-date reports without taxing IT resources

Automatically save multiple versions of templates and auto-generated reports

Merge data from multiple formats and in multiple, disparate data sources

Access, update and view reports and templates

Schedule reports to be generated at specific times and tasks to be emailed at specific times

A Comprehensive Document Generation and Mail Merge System

Document generation is an automated way of producing (i.e. generating and distributing) a document. The user creates a template; when the document is generated, specific information populates the template. Examples of documents generated include letters, forms, and contracts. Document generation also encompasses mail merge.

The Windward Reports' design tools AutoTag and AutoTag Max connect a template created in Microsoft Word document with data from your database or other data source and generate documents in a wide variety of formats.

Document Generation Functionality

Design

Generation

Automation

Scheduling

Sharing

Document Generation Uses

Make documents easier to find, create and distribute

Generate documents in a wide range of formats, including DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PDF, XML, HTML and even printed hard copies.

Access, update and view  all documents

Automatically save multiple versions of documents

Schedule reports to be generated at specific times and tasks to be emailed at specific times

The Windward Engine

The Windward Engine is similar in functionality and capabilities to Crystal Reports, SSRS, etc., plus some significant additional functionality. The Windward Engine generally runs on one or more servers as part of your server-based application and can easily produce hundreds of thousands of reports per day on a single server.  The server is a pure Java product (also available as pure .NET) and does not use Microsoft Office.

When used in conjunction with AutoTag or AutoTag Max, the Windward Reports Engine immediately begins to save you money. One of the biggest expenses in the report creation process correlates to the design tool's ease-of-use. AutoTag and AutoTag Max enables users to design templates in Microsoft Office, and because most professionals already know how to use Office, there's little learning curve. Windward customers report that creating and revising reports is at least 10 times faster than with other reporting systems.

Plus, Windward Reports makes data layout and source mapping trivial. Users don't need to learn complicated code, because wizards and drag-and-drop functionality from within Microsoft Word make it easy to put tags, or data placeholders, into templates. The Windward Engine handles a variety of data sources, including SQL databases, XML files, and Excel spreadsheets. Users can run reports with the click of a button, and they can produce documents in a wide array of outputs.

With the Windward Reports Engine and AutoTag or AutoTag Max, you get:

Report Design	Data Layout	Report Generation
Report design in Microsoft Word, Excel, & PowerPoint, with all of Office's available design features Full-featured charts, graphs, and other visuals Business professionals edit templates without relying on IT staff, which means increased company productivity	Easy access to data for non-programmers Capable of handling data from a wide range of sources, including Excel spreadsheets, XML files and SQL databases Preserves security features of existing database provisions>	Reports run at the click of a button from within Microsoft Word A powerful and flexible automated report scheduler (AutoTag Max) A  wide array of available outputs, including DOCX, PDF, RTF, HTML, XLSX and PPT

Additional Key Features:

The Windward Engine can handle multiple data sources in a single template

All input and output with the Windward Engine is via streams, so files can be easily used but are not required

You can write your own data source class to access any data in a report

Related Products

Arrow For SharePoint

Windward Arrow extends SharePoint to deliver a complete enterprise reporting, document management, dashboard and business intelligence system. Users design reports in Microsoft Office and use SharePoint enhancements to connect templates to data and to run and schedule reports. Arrow for SharePoint lets a community of users produce critical business documents – easily and securely.

AutoTag

AutoTag allows users to design templates in Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Template creators can utilize all of MS Office's design features, including fonts, styles, lists, tables, illustrations, headers, footers, tables of contents and more.

AutoTag Max

An enhanced version of AutoTag, AutoTag Max does everything AutoTag does. It also lets users:

Schedule reports to be run automatically and on your timetable

Email up-to-date reports to customers, clients and colleagues

Save unlimited iterations of a report, automatically

About Windward

Windward Reports was created by Windward Studios and both companies were named for founder David Thielen’s childhood home on the windward side of Oahu, Hawaii. It is headquartered in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. In 1994, Windward Studios was an innovative game development studio. Its first product was the popular and highly-rated real-time strategy game Enemy Nations, which is now offered for free. The Windward Reports' suite of reporting software programs was released in 2002.

Windward Reports' user group now spans 65 countries and all continents except Antarctica. It has more than 500 customers whose applications include financial statements, inventory reports, product-usage reports, purchase orders, invoices, training certificates, timesheets, and licenses.

You can learn more about Windward at our Reporting Blogs.

External Links

Business Week - Make Some Noise

Java Reports - Report Writing Simplified

eWeek - Windward Aces Reports

DevSource - Windward Reports Simplifies Your App's Reporting

BCBR - Windward #3 In Fastest Growing Small Companies

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Generate PowerPoint 2007 PPTX reports in Microsoft SQL Server

aspose_seo — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:01 GMT

What’s new in this release?

This major release of Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services version 3.2.0 announces a new export format. Now you can generate reports in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 PPTX format. Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services already supports exporting reports in PPT and PPS formats as well.

More about Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services

Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services is a rendering extension for Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 & 2008 Reporting Services (x86 and x64) to generate reports in Microsoft PowerPoint PPT, PPS and PPTX formats. All RDL report features including tables, matrices, charts, images, sub reports, groups, lists are converted with the highest degree of precision to PowerPoint presentations or slide shows.

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Using a browser to verify a signed OpenXML

asfreeman — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:22:10 GMT

HI, I am new to OpenXml and was wondering how I would handle a certain issue. If I have a signed XPS file and drop it in Internet Explorer it will verify the signature. Is there any way to extend this capability to and openXML based file type that has a digital signature? How would I configure something like that?

Using XML to populate Preview Print Information in Content Controls

BrolinkMan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:44:39 GMT

Hi there,

I am not sure if this question can be answered here or if it's in the right section but this is my problem.

I am currently using the Word 2007 Content Control Toolkit to add content controls to a Word 2007 document. These controls are then replaced later by XML that is received by a Windows Service. This all works wonderfully.

The problem I encounter is creating new documents can become cumbersome as they have to create a document, add tags, upload to a remote server and then generate a document using a external system. All these steps can be removed from the design process by having a Print Preview option that actually replaces the data as it would on my Windows service.

Does anybody know how I can accomplish this? Do I need to write VB script or is there a way to “place” the xml over the controls?

Any help in this regard would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Johan

Read and Save Excel 2007 XLSM, XLTX, XLTM files using Aspose.Cells

aspose_seo — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:04:22 GMT

What’s new in this release?

This major release of Aspose.Cells for Java v2.0.0 announces enhanced support for Excel 2007 file format. Now you can easily read and save Excel 2007 XLSM, XLTX, XLTM files, manipulate charts in Excel 97-2003 template files and process drawing objects such as Shapes, Charts etc. in Excel 2007 format.

More about Aspose.Cells for Java

Aspose.Cells is a Java component for spreadsheet reporting without using Microsoft Excel. Other features include creating spreadsheets, opening encrypted excel files, macros, VBA, unicode, formula settings, pivot tables, importing data from JDBC ResultSet and support of CSV, SpreadsheetML, PDF and all file formats from Excel 97 to Excel 2007. It is compatible with Windows, Linux & Unix and further supports all advanced features of data management, formatting, worksheet, charting and graphics.

How to Converting Excel to PDF file.
How to Add borders to Cells.
How to Insert or extract OLE Objects to and from Worksheet.
How to Copy and move worksheets.
List of supported formulas and functions by Aspose.Cells.
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Aspose.Total for Reporting Services Q3 2008 Released

aspose_seo — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:48:16 GMT

Aspose.Total for Reporting Services Q3 2008 release includes many new and improved features in this suite of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Rendering Extensions. Now you can export RDL reports to multiple file formats like DOC, DOCX, HTML, RTF, WordML, PDF, PPT, PPS, XLS, XLSX and SpreadsheetML. You can also add 29 linear and 2D barcode symbologies to the exported documents by using Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services.

More about Aspose.Total for Reporting Services

Aspose.Total for Reporting Services is a suite of 5 unique rendering extensions for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. Using these rendering extensions, SQL Server developers can easily export their RDL reports to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents. Moreover, it is also possible to add Barcodes to the exported documents with support of almost all RDL reporting elements like Charts, Footers, Headers, Images, Lines, Lists, Matrices, Page, Sections, Styles, Subreports and Tables.

What’s new in Aspose.Total for Reporting Services Q3 2008.
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Create documents automatically without programming any line of code

friedrichsklenar — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:08:39 GMT

The latest release of TDIWiz (Text-Data-Integration-Wizard) includes additional functionalities (e.g. datasets as input data; input forms for variables) as well as less limitations for the free version.

TDIWiz is now an add-on to MS Word (from version 2003), which enables to use document automation free of charge and without any programming! New documents or e-mails can be created automatically by populating predefined templates with application data.

As MS Word is not necessary for document creation, TDIWiz may also be executed server-side and can be integrated into any workflow process.

You can accomplish even very demanding tasks with a minimum of effort and in a fraction of time needed in the past!

More information:

Overview.pdf

Überblick.pdf (deutsche Version)

Homepage:

www.tdiwiz.com

Download:

TDIWIZ Installation Files - Version 1.0

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Export PPT and PPS reports in SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

aspose_seo — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:42:52 GMT

What’s new in this release?

Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services v2.0.0.0 now allows you to export Microsoft PowerPoint PPT and PPS reports in SQL server 2008 also. The improved rendering engine makes it possible generating reports with nested tables, groups and lists.

More about Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services

Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services is a rendering extension for Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 & 2008 Reporting Services (x86 and x64) to generate reports in Microsoft PowerPoint PPT and PPS formats. All RDL report features including tables, matrices, charts, images, subreports, groups, lists are converted with the highest degree of precision to PowerPoint presentations or slide shows.

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Using Australia post barcode in SQL Server Reporting Services

aspose_seo — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:13:28 GMT

What’s new in this release?

This new release of Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services v1.5 announces the support for Australia Post Barcode in SQL Server 2005 & 2008 Reporting Services. It now allows rendering of more than 29 barcode standards in SQL Server Reporting Services.

More about Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services

Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services is a .NET solution for the rendering of barcode images in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 & 2008 Reporting Services and Visual Studio 2008 IDE. It supports 29+ linear (1D) and 2D barcode symbologies including MacroPdf417, Australia Post, OneCode, Code128, Code39, PDF417, UPCA, Codabar, Datamatrix, MSI and QR etc. Also render barcode images on reports in BMP, JPG, PNG and GIF formats. Other features include DPI resolution settings, barcode size and location adjustments.

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Barcode rendering in SQL Server 2008 & Visual Studio 2008 IDE

aspose_seo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:30:28 GMT

Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services is a .NET solution for the rendering of barcode images in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 & 2008 Reporting Services and Visual Studio 2008 IDE. It supports 25 linear (1D) and 2D barcode symbologies including MacroPdf417, OneCode, Code128, Code39, EAN13, PDF417, UPCA, Codabar, MSI and QR etc. Also render barcode images on reports in BMP, JPG, PNG and GIF formats. Other features include DPI resolution settings, barcode size and location adjustments.

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Add custom embedded font, XMP metadata to PDF report in SQL Server

aspose_seo — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:21:35 GMT

Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services makes it possible generating PDF reports in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005 Reporting Services. Some advanced features like XMP metadata, custom embedded font and rendering watermark for pages are now supported. All RDL report features including sections, images, charts, tables, matrices, headers and footers are converted with the highest degree of precision to PDF. It also enables you creating Pdf documents on the server without using Adobe PDF Library SDK.

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Using WordML/Word 2007 exported to PDF

fredo3000 — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:19:11 GMT

Hi,

I have this scenario very particular and i had been researching the web and kind of don't find an easy solution or someone that has done it before.

We are trying to use Word 2007 to create document templates for the creation of documents such as reports or forms to be printed. This template should be managed by a custom application where it will be managing the mapping of the data an execution to create the document.The word template should be stored in a web folder where the application by parameters should invoke the template, fill the available nodes on the document and render it for the user. And make a render to PDF.

I have tried 2 implementations of this mechanism and doesn't seems to be easy to manage or implement.

1st we used word executable to be invoked by lets say a Windows service, which listens for requests by a client app, the service receives the path of the template document and the data, which then the service uses this information to invoke the Word, store the template in the instance of word 2007
merge it with the data and do a saveas PDF, this method worked using the plug-in SaveAsXPS-PDF provided by MS. The problem was that to make the mappings from the data to the docuement, and XSD had to be created mapped to the word template, plus because we used Word 2007 ActiveX object it was not so stable and in many times it failed.

2nd we used the new Packaging namespace of .NET 3.0 to created the wordml and using content control to make the mapping to created the documents but since we are not using word 2007 to create the PDF there is no easy way to convert this WordML to PDF and the mappings and creation of the templates was not so easy to create.

The best options to create PDF documents programmatically at this moments had been using ActiveReports .NET since it's designer is like a Access Reports designer, drag and drop some controls and set the data source. but this work its not for end-user.

I'm open to suggestions and research. Any one had seen this scenario before

Export RDL reports to DOCX, DOC, RTF, HTML, WordML and TXT with Aspose.Words for Reporting Services

aspose_seo — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:42:29 GMT

Aspose.Words for Reporting Services is a rendering extension for Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 Reporting Services (32 bit & 64 bit). It allows you to export your RDL reports to flow layout documents and provides comprehensive support for exporting them to DOCX, DOC, RTF, HTML, TXT and WordprocessingML formats. All RDL report features including tables, report columns, matrices, charts, textboxes, lists and images are converted with the highest degree of precision to Microsoft Word documents.

In this new release, Aspose.Words for Reporting Services has announced the support of the following new features.

Added the hypertext markup language (HTML) export format
Added the plain text (TXT) export format
Implemented full support for bookmarks, labels and actions
Improved export of some global expressions such as PageNumber and TotalPages
Product documentation updated

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Add dynamic tables, matrix & report columns in SSRS Word documents

aspose_seo — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:09:04 GMT

Aspose.Words for Reporting Services is a rendering extension for Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 Reporting Services (32 bit & 64 bit). It allows you to export your RDL reports to flow layout documents and provides comprehensive support for exporting them to DOCX, DOC, RTF and WordprocessingML formats. All RDL report features including tables, report columns, matrices, charts, textboxes, lists and images are converted with the highest degree of precision to Microsoft Word documents.

In this new release, Aspose.Words for Reporting Services has announced the support of the following new features.

Added support for dynamic table/matrix columns
Added support for report columns
Added support for header/footer background images

Creating Documents from Template

Reny — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:33:03 GMT

I am trying to create Documents(.docx) in Open XML from Templates(.dotx).

Is there a better way to generate Dotx in to docx.

But problem is ContentType is readonly

Uri partUriDocument = PackUriHelper.CreatePartUri(new Uri("word//document.xml", UriKind.Relative));

PackagePart DocPart = DocumentPackage.GetPart(partUriDocument);

DocPart.ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.main+xml";

DocPart.ContentType is readonly.

For template its value is application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template.main+xml

For documents it should be application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.main+xml

I had tried removing a Part and adding a new Part but this was causing some other error during opening the document from word and also the package was increasing in file size.

Create programmatically documents in OpenXML or WordprocessingML format

friedrichsklenar — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:49:36 GMT

TDIWiz (Text-Data-Integration-Wizard) offers the easiest way to create programmatically – online or server-side as part of a workflow – documents or mails by populating templates with XML data.

By designing the sample documents you can identify the following:

Which XML data fields are to be imported to which positions of the template.
Which document ranges are to be allocated to multiple XML nodes and duplicated depending on their number. Hierarchical data structures may be very easily reproduced by nesting such areas!
Which document areas appear only conditionally in the resulting document. This feature makes it possible to specify different text variants in the sample document and to activate/deactivate them depending on current data contents.
Sometimes, it would be very time-consuming to supply all variable data to be inserted in the required form to the XML data. In particular, this would also often entail an excessive orientation to the respective “document logic” and prevent that users limit themselves to “lean” generally usable XML data.To solve this problem, TDIWiz additionally offers the possibility to “program” the content of bookmarks in an easy script language.

Creation, design and test of sample documents occurs in the familiar MS Word environment and is extremely easy and comfortable.

TDIWiz solutions can be created with a minimum of effort. However, very demanding problems may also be covered with TDIWiz!

As document creation is executed without using Microsoft Word®, it is characterised by high speed!

With serial letters or e-mails you can - in contrast to the usual MS Word mail merge functionality - define even complex logical conditions very easily! You are able to integrate structured data into your documents, too! So much more individualization can be reached without great effort!

As design and test of templates is supported by the license-free administration add-in, administrators and developers don’t need an own license. With this component, all TDWiz functions may be tried and also used in everyday practice free of charge! There is only a number limitation for serial letters and when sending e-mails (together max. 100 per processing cycle).

For further information and to download TDIWiz: www.tdiwiz.com

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