OfficeWriter for Excel
Feature Breakdown
by Edition
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Whether your reporting application requires advanced
Excel formatting, functions and charting or you only
need to provide real Microsoft Excel output with limited
formatting, there is an edition of OfficeWriter that
meets your needs.
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OfficeWriter Features for Excel

| Feature |
OfficeWriter
Enterprise Edition |
OfficeWriter
Standard Edition * |
| Licensing |
per server CPU |
per server CPU |
| Preserve Existing Excel Charts |
Yes |
Yes |
| Create Charts Programatically |
Yes |
No |
| Excel Formatting |
Unlimited
Both Template and Application Object |
Unlimited
Template Only** |
| Excel Functions |
Yes
Both Template and Application Object |
Yes
Template Only** |
| Preserves Existing Images |
Yes
Both Template and Application Object |
Yes
Template Only** |
| Template-Driven Design |
Yes |
Yes |
| Reads Existing Spreadsheets |
Reads and can modify programatically |
Reads and renders only |
| Opens and Modifies Template Spreadsheets
at Runtime |
Yes |
No - cannot modify template programmatically
at runtime |
| Layout Properties of a Printed Worksheet |
Yes |
Yes
Template Only** |
| Maximum Dynamic Workbooks per 24-hour Period |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Concurrent Static Workbooks Served |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
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OfficeWriterFree has the same functionality as OfficeWriter
Standard, except there are two further limitations:
- Each generated workbook contains a worksheet advertising
SoftArtisans OfficeWriter.
- There is a 500 row limit per worksheet.
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OfficeWriter Standard cannot programmatically modify
template spreadsheet at runtime
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| Note: |
OfficeWriterFree for Excel will fail when
generating more than 200 spreadsheets within 24 hours.
Generated spreadsheets can be streamed to the browser or
saved in static files on the hard disk. Static spreadsheets
can be served an unlimited number of times. Only the generation
of new spreadsheets is limited. |
For a more detailed look at edition differences, please see
the OfficeWriter
for Excel documentation. |